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APHORISMS, ADAGES, AND PROVERBS, 
OF ALL AGES AND NATIONS, 

FROM 

JACOB'CATS AND ROBERT FARLIE. 
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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FREELY RENDERED, 

FROM DESIGNS FOCND IN THEIR WORKS, 

BY JOHN LEIGHTON, F.S.A. 

TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH ADDITIONS, 

BY RICHARD PIGOT, 

Member of the Leyden Society of Netherlands Literature. 
SECOND EDITION. 




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LONDON : 
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS. 



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LIBROS Y AM1GOS, 




TO 

WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQRE- (OF KEIR) M.P. 

A LEARNED COLLECTOR OF THE PROA^ER- 

BIAL PHILOSOPHY OF ALL AGES AND 

NATIONS, THIS ATTEAIPT TO REVIVE 

A LOVE FOR EMBLEMATICAL 

LITERATURE AND ART 

IS DEDICATED 

BY 

JOHN LEIGHTON. 




POCOS Y BUENOS. 



^^J^LABOUR IS THE SALT OF LIFE. '®^^S 




GLORIOUS IS THE FRUIT OF GOOD LABOUR. 



CONSCIA MENS RECTI 



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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



The reception given to the First Edition (i860) of this selection from the 
Emblematic Poems of Jacob Cats has already called for a reprint of the book : 
and the expression of a wish on the part of many readers for a more detailed 
account of his writings than was given in the Introduction to the First Edition, 
has led to the belief that a few remarks on the motives that led him to the 
choice of his subjects, and the method he followed in the execution of his task, 
may not be without interest. 

The plan of the present Volume, as a selection from several works, not only 
precluded an adherence to the original order of the pieces selected, but tended in 
some degree to conceal the unity of purpose that underlies the whole series. The 
Emblematic Writings of Jacob Cats form no mere collection of Fables or Parables q 

strung together at random : they are the result of wide observation and mature 
thought, and embody a whole system of Moral Philosophy. Few writings more 
completely bring before us a man who has striven to act up to a high standard 
of Christian duty, and whom the memory of his own struggles has impelled to 
warn, instruct, and encourage others. With this design, he has not merely made 
use of familiar facts or incidents in the physical world to enforce a lesson in 
morals ; he has not merely, like older writers, exposed the follies or the vices 
of men under fables and allegories, but he has carefully analysed the several 
stages in human life, and adapted his teaching to the needs and the dangers of 
each. But, living in an age in which the profession of a moral purpose sufficed 
generally to deter readers from opening a book, he felt that he must draw attention 
to his work by something like a stratagem. If, however, he prefixed to his " Sinne 
en Minne Beelden " the title of " Proteus," he did so not merely to suit the fashion 
of his time, but to express the general view he had taken of human life. To 
him that life appeared to be divided into three distinct stages, in the first of 
which the natural affections and sentiments predominate, while in the second, the 
man feels himself concerned in the wider interests of his fellow-citizens ; and in 
the third turns his thoughts to that unseen world which he is so soon to enter. The 
first stage is the season of love and marriage ; the second is taken up with the 
discharge of civil duties ; while the third is the period of devout meditation, 
in which the man is drawn away from the world into more immediate communion 
with God. These stages he accepts as an appointed order : the first is to him as 
pure and fitting as the last ; and the idea of urging on a premature development 



FAM/E MENDACIA RIDET. 



GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE UNTO ALL THINGS. 



Preface to the Second Edition. 

of the second or the third is wholly absent from his mind. Without the slightest 
tinge of monastic or ascetic philosophy, he sums up for each his conclusion, that 
"in the natural man we should live temperately ; in the civic man, justly; and in 
the Christian man, godly." 

If the form of his " Proteus " was suggested by the prevailing taste for 
Emblematic writing which had already produced a literature of its own, yet the 
completion of his design bears evidence of his personal growth in a simple and 
manly piety. In his youth he had, in his own words, "penned some Amatory 
Emblems, that is, foolish conceits, which at the time were laid aside." These he 
afterwards found among some old papers, and seeing in them "the mirror of his 
condition in the wild season of youth," he resolved to associate with the Emblems 
of Love certain other Emblems more in accordance with his later dispositions, 
and so to depict the changeful course of human life, that men might learn, in 
passing from one stage to another, to replace their former inclinations by higher 
and better desires. And if he sought to impress on his readers a high standard 
of duty by fable and allegory, he felt that he was following the example of the 
Divine Teacher, who, under the images of seed-time and harvest, conveyed His 
warnings to a careless generation. 

His work was done : what its success might be, he knew not ; but, with a 
true humility, he adds, " this we know ; that a firm resolve has sprung up within 
us to strive daily more and more towards the change and renovation of our 
dispositions and life in Christ Jesus." He had taught and trained himself, before 
he came forward to teach and instruct others ; and he was content to let his 
work go forth in the hope that, it might impart to his readers something more 
than the amusement of a passing hour. 



hid proposes honourable ends, not only the virtues, but the deities also, are 
ready to assist. — Lord Bacon. 



S^^3^^ LET MY LAST END BE LIKE HIS. <^&sZ*Z> 



A GOOD NAME IS 



SETTER THAN A GOLDEN GIRDLE. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Although the Typification of Moral truths and Doctrines by Symbolical 
Images and Devices had its origin in remote antiquity, and subsequently became a 
favourite method of imparting counsel and instruction with the Greeks and Romans, 
it was not until the middle of the sixteenth century that it began to assume (first 
in Italy) the character of a distinct kind of literature. 

Towards the end of that century, the poetic genius of the erudite Andrea 
Alciati, of Milan, imparted so pleasing an impress to this new style of literature, 
as to direct thereto the attention of men of letters, with whom it soon became 
a favourite medium for the diffusion and popularization of moral maxims applicable 
to all the phases and circumstances of human life. 

The Emblems of Alciati, written in Latin verse, and eulogized by such men 
as Erasmus, Julius Scaliger, Toscan, Neander, and Borrichius, were soon translated 
into the Italian, French, and German languages, and became so highly esteemed 
that they were publicly read in the Schools, to teach youth the Art of Emblematic 
writing. 



Thus established, as an elegant and useful method of inculcating, both by 
Word and Eye-pictures, the virtues of civil life ; men of learning, poets, and states- 
men, in France, Holland, Germany, Spain, and England, vied with each other, as it 
were, throughout the seventeenth century, in the cultivation of this branch of 
Composition, insomuch that it had become a favourite and admired medium for 
the diffusion of Religious, Social, and Political maxims, and maintained that position 
in public favour, up to the end of the eighteenth century. 



In the seventeenth century, Printing, and its sister art Engraving, had attained 
in Holland to a higher grade of perfection than in any other country of Europe ; 
and, favoured by circumstances so auxiliary to the artistic illustration of works in 
the then not inaptly termed " Picture Language,' 1 the poetic genius of a Jacob 
Cats found, in the pencils of Jan and Adrian Van De Venne, and the burins 
of Matham, Peter de Jode, Verstralen, Van Bremden, and others, artistic exponents 
worthy of his muse, and equal to his most ardent desires. 



"v WISDOM FREQUENTLY CONQUERS FORTUNE. <^*& 



WISDOM IS BETTER THAN RUBIES: 



Introduction. 

D. Jacob Cats, the eminent Dutch Jurisconsult, Statesman, and Poet, was born 
at Brouwershaven in the Isle of Schouwen, province of Zeeland, on the ioth 
November, 1577. His father was a counsellor of some standing; and his son Jacob 
was first destined to the profession of the law. Having completed his course of 
philosophy, he proceeded to the University of Leyden, to study jurisprudence. From 
thence he went to France, and was some time at the University of Orleans, where 
he took the degree of Doctor of Laws. He subsequently went to Paris, and was 
very desirous to visit Italy ; but his family opposed his going thither, and he was 
obliged to return to Holland. Arrived at the Hague, he applied himself wholly to 
jurisprudence, and was assiduous in his attendance at the Public Pleadings of the 
most distinguished lawyers. To perfect himself still more in his profession, he put 
himself under the direction of the jurisconsult, Cornelius Van der Pol, one of the 
most eminent pleaders of the Dutch Bar. Some time afterwards, Cats practised with 
distinction at Zieuwrikzee, and at Brouwershaven. At this period it would seem he 
applied himself no less assiduously to Poetry, and not only became distinguished 
among the literati of Holland for the purity and elegance of his Latin verses, but 
soon took rank as one of her first lyrists in his native tongue. Falling seriously 
ill of an hectic fever, induced by over-application to study, he was advised by his 
physicians to seek a change of air. 

Hereupon he repaired to England, and visited the Universities of Cambridge 
and Oxford. When in London he consulted the then celebrated physician, Dr. 
Butter, on the subject of the obstinate fever which still afflicted him ; but that 
physician was not more fortunate in his prescriptions than those of Holland. Upon 
his return to his native country, he was eventually cured, says his biographer, Moreri, 
by an old alchemyst. 

Distinguishing himself by his legislatorial and statesmanlike qualifications, no 
less than he had done by his poetic genius, Jacob Cats rose subsequently to high 
Official rank, and for several years filled the post of State Pensionary and Chief 
Magistrate of Middleburg and Dordrecht. He was eventually promoted to the 
rank of State Counsellor and Grand Pensionary of the province of West Friesland, and 
made Keeper of the Great Seal of Holland. After filling these important Offices for 
eighteen years, having now attained the age of seventy-two, he requested permission 
to retire into private life ; which was at length granted by the States. His valuable 
services were, nevertheless, once more required, and he was solicited to form a 
member of the Embassy sent at that time to England, to arrange a treaty of com- 
merce between the two countries. After discharging the important duties therein 
delegated to him, he retired wholly into private life, and devoted himself with 
faculties still unimpaired to the Muses, up to the advanced age of eighty-three years, 
when he may be said to have expired with the pen in his hand. Few men have left 
behind them greater proofs of indefatigable industry than Jacob Cats ; and his 
numerous lyrical works are as rich in poetic genius as they are replete with evidence 
of world-knowledge, and genial with the love of mankind. 



ITS FRUIT IS BETTER THAN GOLD. 



HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE. 



Introduction. 

Would the limits allotted to this Introduction permit of a more detailed 
account of the life and works of this highly gifted, good man, numerous incidents 
and passages in both might be adduced, which would awaken in the breasts 
of Englishmen and women (for he was especially the poetic champion of the 
worth and virtues of the fair sex) an appreciation and esteem of his genius and 
character, as great almost as that felt for him in his own country : where " Father 
Cats," as he is affectionately called, is honoured as the bard of Home and of the 

y Domestic hearth, the still popular and revered instructor of his countrymen in the 

Virtues of Social life, and in the Maxims of purest world-wisdom. 

The " Moral Emblems " of Jacob Cats, to which Daniel Heinsius rendered 
his tribute of eulogy, as also two of Holland's greatest lyrists, Hoogstraaten and 
Zeeuwes, are almost unknown, even by name, in England, from being chiefly written 
in the Dutch language, of which it has been truly said, that " it has been a language 
too hastily neglected and despised by Englishmen." 

They form, nevertheless, in the collect, a series of the most admirable com- 
positions in Emblematic Literature which any language can boast, though written at 
a period when the Dutch tongue, like the rest of the northern European languages, 
was yet rigid and quaint in its structure, and so different in its orthographical style 
and idiom to the Dutch of the present day, that to most modern Dutch scholars his 
earlier works are almost a sealed book. Nevertheless, when Cats wrote in the verna- 
cular of his day, the Dutch language, like that of his contemporary, Shakespeare, had 
been developing capabilities of harmony combined with vigour of expression, quite 
equal to our own, as an exponent of poetic thought and imagery, and was one in 
which no writer of his day knew better how to speak to the feelings of his country- 
men, and win their hearts by the pleasantly conveyed wisdom of his " household 
words " than Jacob Cats. 

By his " Sinne en Minne Beelden," and his " Emblemata Moralia et (Econo- 
mical Jacob Cats first established his fame, both as a classical writer, an amiable 
moralist, and a popular poet. The former written in Dutch and Latin verse, each 
theme accompanied by a short distich in French verse, gave evidence both of the 
versatility of his poetic genius and of his linguistic talent. The success achieved 
by these compositions encouraged him to carry out his predilection for this style of 
writing in a yet more extended form ; and some time after he gave to the world his 
" Spiegel van den Voorleden en Tegenwoordigen Tyt," or " Mirror of the Past and 
Present Time," in which he emblematised, in Dutch verse, the numerous proverbs 

and sayings of antiquity, together with the most popular and current adages of his 

day, in most of the European languages. 

The above-named Emblematic works comprise many hundred subjects, in the 
treatment of which he evinced as much ingenuity as poetic grace, in working them 
out so as to render them a charming Code of Moral Instruction, addressed alike to 
the Youth of both sexes, and applicable to every phase of Civil and Political life. 



INGENIO STAT SINE MORTE DECUS. 



INGENUAS DIDICISSE FIDELITER ARTES, 

Introduction. 

To every subject of his Word-Pictures, he appends, in support of the moral he 
inculcates, the most pertinent quotations from the Ancient writers, and a most inte- 
resting collect of Popular adages, bearing upon the sense of each theme. 

From so rich a mine of Emblematic lore, the present volume forms, of course, 
but a selection from each of the above-named series, the subjects of which could not 
therefore be placed in the same order as in the originals ; but embodied in the 
present form will, it is hoped, be found a pleasing collect, well calculated to give 
an idea of the diversity of subject treated by the Author. 

Sir Joshua Reynolds, when a youth, was much influenced by the Artistic 
excellence of Adrian Van de Venne's Designs for the illustration of the Dutch 



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Folio Edition of Cats' Works, of which he made careful copies ; and Sir Wm. 

P Beechy, in his Life of Reynolds, states that " Sir Joshua's richest store was Jacob 

Cats' Book of Emblems, which his grandmother, a native of Holland, had brought 

with her from that country." 

Reproduced with the best appliances of Modern Art, in the Pictorial Illustration 
of the word-pictures of the Author, the original designs of Adrian Van de V enne, in 
a few instances only, have been deviated from, in so far as was deemed most con- 
sistent with the more elevated taste of the present day in pictorial embellishment. 

The Proverbs of the different nations,— that wisdom which of all others sprang 
from the bosom of the Peoples in every land, and was handed down from generation 

to generation, rather orally than by books, — form so pleasing and instructive a feature 
in the Emblems of Cats, that they have been for the most part preserved in their literal 
garb of Cats' day, an adhesion to the original which it is believed will have a greater 
charm and interest for the student of Languages, curious to see the shape in which 
the traditionally acquired wisdom of long past days was expressed, until it reached us 
in the more polished garb of modern times. 

Wherever admissible, passages from English and other Authors, having an affinity 
in sense, and moral, to the Emblem or theme, have been introduced, by way of 
elaborating, or giving more extension to the doctrine inculcated by the Author. The 
appendage to this selection from Cats' Moral Emblems of a reprint of the now 
exceedingly rare and curious Poems and Emblems of his contemporary Emblematist, 
the pious Scot, Robert Farlie, published in London under the title of "Lychnocausia," 
in 1638, will, it is hoped, be considered a not unpleasing associate for the Dutch 
moralist, and their juxtaposition in the same volume give an additional interest 
to the whole. 

THE TRANSLATOR. 



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EMOLLIT MORES, NEC SINIT ESSE FEROS. 



NON QUO, SED QUOMODO. 



LIST OF 
CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



• Portrait of Jacob Cats — Under allegorical figure of Universal Justice, supported on one side 
by Solomon, Confucius, and ^Esop ; upon the other by Age instructing Infancy and 
Adolescence, in the presence of Labour and Travel ; in the background Peace and 
Plenty are contrasted with the violent acts of man against the will of Supreme Power. In 
the centre foreground is a vase of flowers surrounded by choke-weeds — type of elevated nature 
a constant prey to the coarser elements. On the base are sculptured lias-reliefs, " Suum 
cuique " — Let each apply to himself that which fits him ; " Bonus cum bonis " — The just with 
the true Frontispiece, engraved by Leighton. 






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None can clean their ch 

I lurke and shine .... 

Act wisely and thou shall't be free 

Diogenes Lanterne .... 
Whither the breath of my mistress calls me 

Whilst I breathe, I hope 
If poor, act cautiously .... 

Light onely is my praise 
Rest content where thou art 

Better with a little .... 
Love takes possession of the mind insensibly 

/ lay open here onely .... 
The inexpert are wounded 

Hence commeth my filth Leighton, 

While we draw, we are drawn Green. 

Upward Leighton, 



Leighton. 

Green. 

Dalziel. 

Dalziel. 

Green. 

Leighton. 

Whymper. 

Leighton. 

Green. 

De Wilde. 

Leighton. 

De Wilde. 

Green. 



MANY MEN, MANY MINDS. 



2?<&^r<&, LABOUR IS THE SALT OF LIFE. -=§>=g>i§>^ 



Contents and Illustrations. 



r e 35 Both sides should be seen ........ Engraved by Leighton. 

38 Darknesse addelh glory to me Leighton. 

39 Who is hurtful to himself, benefits no one Green. 

42 So I am undon by doing good ........ Leighton. 

43 The pot goeth so long to the water, til at last it commeth broken home . Green. 

46 Whither my soule .......... Green. 

47 Play, but chastely Green. 

50 My life is my death Leighton. 

51 Hasten at leisure Leighton. 

54 So to die is miserable .......... Leighton. 

55 Let your light shine before men ........ Green. 

58 The Lanterne leades the -way ........ Green. 

59 Smoke is the food of Lovers Green. 

62 Fire fottoweth smoake .......... Leighton. 

63 Each deplores his own lot Green. 

66 I nourish myselfe Dalziel. 

67 Every flower loses its perfume at last Dalziel. 

70 I will dye, but I shall ascend Leighton. 

71 Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip . Green. 

74 Light me, I shal sigh no more . . Leighton. 

75 Love, like a ball, requires to be thrown back Dalziel. 

78 Quickly or I am consumed De WlLDE. 

79 The biter bitten Green. 

82 My light is not the lesse Green. 

83 The branches may be trained, but not the trunk . . . . Leighton. 

86 In vaine thou puttest me out Leighton. 

87 When slovenly servants get tidy, they polish the bottoms of the saucepans . Leighton. 

90 ' Tis better to tarry Leighton. 

91 Grease the fat sow Smythe. 

94 Altero extinguor, Altera accendor. (The one puts me out, the other kindles me) Green. 

95 Play with the dog, and he'll spoil your clothes Green. 

98 I am consumed more, and shine less. (Magis consumor minus luceo) . Green. 

99 Bees touch no fading flowers Dalziel. 

102 You feared me -ohilst I sinned Leighton. 

103 One rotten apple infects all in the basket Jackson. 

106 Farewell De Wilde. 

107 I am touched, not broken by the waves . ' Green. 

110 I envie not thy light - Green. 

1 1 1 Birdes of one feather will flocke together JACKSON. 

114 If thou abroad, I at home LEIGHTON. 

115 The ripe pear falls ready to the hand Leighton. 

118 My light escapes thee LEIGHTON. 



PERSEVERANCE VIENT 



THE USEFUL AND THE BEAUTIFUL 



Contents and Illustrations. 



What is insensible to Love? Engraved by Grew. 

Herd's light Green. 

The higher the rise the greater the fall Green. 

Death finds the way . LEIGHTON. 

The hunchback sees not his own hump, but he sees his neighbour's . . Bolton. 

/;/ vaine thou coverest me Leighton. 

Enter not, or pass through LEIGHTON. ' 

Helpe, or else I dye De Wilde. 

A hen lays eveiy day, but an ostrich only once a year .... Thomas. 

So you are borne for others ......... Leighton. 

When the eyes are won, love is begun Dalziel. 

My light is darkness to thee ......... DALZIEL. 

Who cuts off his nose, spites his own face Green. 

Spare me for future use Green. 

Though taken to the water's brink, no blows can force the horse to drink . Green. 

morning starr e, shew ye day Green. 

Excess of liberty leads to servitude Green. 

Nauplius his lights Green. 

Who would learn to shave well, should first practise on a fool's beard . . Swain. 

At the bottom least and worst De Wilde. 

What the sow does, the little pigs must pay for Dalziel. 

On mine own cost Dalziel. 

A ship aground, is a beacon at sea ........ Green. 

1 seeke mine hurt .......... Leighton. 

The goose hisses well, but it don't bite Green. 

The end tryeth all .... ' De Wilde. 

With unwilling hounds it's hard to catch hares Leighton. 

Thus must I be consumed quickly Leighton. 

A whole mill to grind a peck of corn Bolton. 

Not under a bushell Leighton. 

The dogs and the bone Leighton. 

I doe not put out myself LEIGHTON. 

No one can love Thetis and Galatea at the same time .... Harral. 

77/6' Virgins lampe De Wilde. 

Within is emptiness Leighton. 

It is a token that Ishined LEIGHTON. 

When the wolf comes, the oxen leave off fighting to unite in self-defence . Green. 

7 save others, I waste myself ........ GREEN. 

While she weeps, she devours Swain. 

Fessa libi nunc lampada trado. (I weary give my light to thee) . . Leighton. 

By yielding thou may'st conquer ........ GREEN. 

Compare small with great Green. 



^g^^O^jxa, ARE NEVER APART. -?^2^>=g>^^; 



AS MUSIC TUNES THE EAR, AND COLOURS TUTOR THE EYE, 



Contents and Illustrations. 

Great cry and little wool Engraved by Swain. 

■ Sursum Peto deorsum traitor. (I bend up, and am drawn down) . . Leighton. 

Cripple will always lead the dance ........ Leighton. 

Herostratus his light Leighton. 

Fire, Cough, Love, and Money are not long concealed .... Leighton. 

Death is gaine to me De Wilde. 

Every bird sings according to his beak ....... LEIGHTON. 

Aut splendore aut situ consnmor. (Either by light or mouldiness I die) . De Wilde. 

Hares are not caught with beat of drum, nor birds with tartlets . . . Evans. 

I finde things lost Leighton. 

The Gnat stings the eyes of the Lion Leighton. 

How great a light Leighton. 

Like melons, friends are to be found in plenty, of which not even one is good 

in twenty Smythe. 

I see all and say nothing ......... Leighton. 

Every fowl scratches towards itself ........ Leighton. 

Ah evill-doer hateth light Leighton. 

Well set off is half sold Dalziel. 

Finis De Wilde. 

One stroke fells not an oak Harral. 

The End. Study me in thy prime, bury death and ' weaiy time . . LEIGHTON. 



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TIME WILL. TEACH HIM 




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On ne peut decrotter sa robe sans em-porter le poil. 




NONE CAN CLEAN THEIR DRESS FROM STAIN, 
BUT SOME BLEMISH WILL REMAIN. 



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With this gadding through the town ! 

How bedraggled is my fkirt, 

Trapefing through the bye-ftreet's dirt : 

In what a ftate for me to be, 

From this Town-life gaiety ! 




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Be discreet in your discourse, but much more in your actions ; the first evaporates, 
the latter endure for ever. — Phocylides. 






Shun the society of the depraved, lest you follow their pernicious example, and lose 
yourself with them. — Plato. 






Eer is teer. Honour is tender. 






The finest silk will spoil the soonest. 






Celle n'est pas entierement chaste qui fait douter de sa pudicite'. 






MUCH IN THE STREET, LIGHT OF REPUTE. 





LASSES AND GLASSES ARE ALWAYS IN DANGER. 



BEFORE my Light was to the winds a fcorne, 
My body likewife fubje<5t to be torne ; 
Now for a fafeguard I this lanterne have, 
So whilft I mine from wrong it doth me fave; 
Even as the Diamond his light forth fends. 
And with his hardneffe ftill himfelfe defends. 
Honour is fubject to unconftant chance, 
Nor can it without envy 't felfe advance : 
Vertue to honour is a brafen wall, 
Guarded with which, it is not hurt at all ; 
And how fo ever Fortun's ftormes doe blow, 
Yet Glory lurking thus, his light can mow. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




S^FIGLIE E VETRI SON SEMPRE IN PERICOLO.'S^ 



STRAW BANDS WILL TIE A FOOL'S HANDS. 



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ACT WISELY AND THOU SHALL'T BE FREE. 



fUCH Men do is Folly merely; 

And if afked the reafon, why ? 

Seldom, truthfully and clearly, 
To the queftion they reply. 
If reply they make, 'tis ever, 
With them all, the fame excufe ; 
And fome think the anfwer clever : 
" 'Tis the Fafhion " — " cuftom " — " ufe 1 ' 



<&<§* CE G^UE ME LIE, C'EST MA FOLIE. -S^S 





EVERY MAN HATH A FOOL IN HIS SLEEVE. 




Thus it ever is with fools ; 




Cuftom more than Reafon rules : 






And where Reafon mould be law, 






Fafhion — Cuftoms, flight as ftraw, 






Stronger chains on them impofe, 






■Bonds more binding far than thofe, 






Tyrants fince the world began, 






Laid upon their fellow man. 






He vainly boafts that he is free, 






Who fears f infringe on Fafhion's rule ; 




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A grace, to none apparent but to him ! 






Who sees not, when she most affects the Dove, 






She but derides the passion he reveals ; 






And that most false when most she vows her love, 






'Tis but to seem what least she is — and feels. 






If true that, he who wills it may be free : 






Who hath no Will, must have a lack of brains ; 






A straw-tied Fool ! who for his stultity, 






In Love, as in aught else, deserves his chains. 






A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left. — Ecclesiastes x. 2. 






FOLLY IS THE POVERTY OF THE MIND. 





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T TF. that sendeth a message by the hand of a Fool, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh 
damage. — Proverbs xxvi. 6. 
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a Fool returneth to his folly. — Proverbs xxvi. n. 


Non ex omni ligno fit Mercurius. 
Magna Negotia viris magnis committenda. 


By so much the more are we inwardly foolish, by how much we strive to seem 
outwardly wise. — S. Greg. 

Ex thymbra nemo lanceam conficiet; 

Neque ex Socrate bonum militem. — Athen. lib. v. 


'~pH' upward soaring spirit ever 

Craves the joys of heaven to know, 
But alas ! the vain endeavour ! 
Bondslave of the flesh, below : 
Though they be but frail as straw, 
Worldly joys more strongly draw. 


For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion 
to the flesh, but by love serve one another. — Galatians v. 13. 


The weak may be laughed out of anything but their weakness. — M. de Genlis. 


AX^E talk of acquiring a habit ! we should rather say being acquired by it. Habit is 
the janissary power in man ; Passion and Principle the antagonist revolutionary 
powers for evil and for good. 


"yOU may as well go stand upon the beach, 

And bid the main flood 'bate his usual height; 
You may as well use question with the wolf, 
Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; 
You may as well forbid the mountain pines 
To wag their high tops, and to make a noise 
When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven, 
As seek to soften that (than which what's harder?) 
A foolish heart. — Shakespeare. 


A Nation deserves no better laws than those it will submit to. — Goethe. 


The Nation, like the man who would be free, 
Must merit first the rights of liberty. 


A FOOL. IS LIKE OTHER MEN AS LONG AS HE IS SILENT. 



FOOLS AND THE PERVERSE, 



TIT/ HOSE purchafe was his pouch, his houfe a tun, 
■ " Criticke of actions whatfoever done, 

That learned dogge, at noone-tyde tinn'd his light, 

Searching for one, whofe actions were upright. 

The Eagles young ones by the Sunne are try'd, 

Mens actions by the lamp are best espy'd ; 

For men in day time mafkt with vizards goe, 

Of truth and faith making an outward mow. 

But when they can nights fecret iilence find, 

Before the lamp they doe unmafke their mind. 

Happy is he whom Sunne and Lamp fees one, 
Who's honeft ftill, though witnefie there be none. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




FILL. THE LAWYER'S PURSE. 



AS THE WIND BLOWS, SO THE WEVELL GOES. 



Domini, quo me vocat, aura. 



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#f PORT of thy miftrefs' fickle mind, 
O Haplefs lover ! turning ever 
Like the wevell with the wind, 
Haft not ftrength fuch bonds to fever ? 

Look around thee, fenfelefs lover ! — 

Fair as fhe thou'llt many find ; 
Many who poffefs moreover, 

Far more charms of heart and mind. 



^2?*S^ OU S(UE SPIRE, ME TIRE. -=§>^§>=<2:-^ 



EL BABIO MUDA CONSEJIO, IL NECIO, NO. *§>&*i$>& 

Slave of her defpot frown or fmile ; 

Haft no other will to guide thee, 
Than her changeful will, who while 

Ruling thee, doth but deride thee ? 
He who thus fubjects his reafon 

To a fickle woman's rule, 
Merits juft as much derifion 

As the witlefs ftraw-tied fool. 



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UAM misere servit, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, prsescribit, jubet, vetat 
quod videtur : qui nihil imperanti negare potest, nil recusare ; poscit, dandum 
ejicit, abeundum ; vocat, veniendum ; minatur, extimescendum ! — Cicero. 
Imponit leges vultibus ilia tuis. — Ovid. 



Sjhto nos Numen agit. 

Whither God directs us. 

ttE is the wisest, who has school'd his mind 

T adopt the current of the ruling wind. 
Blow whence it will, prepared for all event, 
With fortune's dispensations e'er content, 
Who with discernment both in time and place, 
Bends his opinion with a cheerful grace ; 
To him unknown the troubles which impart 
The constant fever of the stubborn heart, 
That 'mid a world of change would stand aloof, 
To stem the torrent with his vain reproof. 
To change opinion and yet constant be, 
Is possible alone to such as he 
Whose strength of mind is in its pliancy. 



1 TT acerbitates multas ac molestias evitemus, consilia ad eventus ac tempora flectenda 
sunt. — Seneca. 
Oportet enim tanquam in talorum jactu, al id quod ceciderit, res suas accommodare. 

Plato. 
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. — Ovid. 
Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest, velis id quod possis. — Terence. 
Tempori enim cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis habitum est. — Cicero. 
Decet id pati sequo animo ; 
Si id facietis, levior labos erit. — Plautus. 



THE WISE MAN CHANGES HIS OPINION THE FOOL. NEVER. 





GOD GIVES THE WILL., NECESSITY GIVES THE LAW. 






'THROW aside prejudice and thou art saved. Who prevents thee from doing so % — 

Marcus Aurelius. 










All things change — You yourself continually change, and destroy yourself in some 






part. It is the same with the whole world. 






We should take counsel of reason upon that which befalls us, and correct by our 






prudent conduct the injustice of fortune, as a gamester repairs a stroke of ill luck by 






his skill. — Plato. 






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Necessitati ne quidem Dii resistunt. — Erasmus. 





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Matthew xi. 28. 










Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire 






beside thee. — Psalm lxxiii. 25. 






Take my yoke upon you and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and 






ye shall find rest unto your souls; for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. — 






Matthew xi. 29, 30. 






^O^S 5 ^- IL SAVIO, FA DELLA NECESSITA VIRTU. *ts>g>^>g> 





WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE ENDURED. 



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THOUSAND evils this my life doth fpend ; 
At length fierce Boreas thereto puts an end : 
light, my heat, my flame and all is paft ; 
y, whilft breathe remaines, my hope doth laft. 
This life of ours is toft to and againe, 
Time and unconftant Fortune workes our bane : 
Care kils us, griefe, difeafes doth outweare 
This life, Death dragges us to the dolefull biere. 
Fortune takes what fhe in the morning gave ; 
Or enemies robbe and spoile what e're we have ; 
Strength, beauty, perifh, honours flye away, 
Falfe friends, when meanes are gone, they will not flay. 
Hope's onely conftant in adverfity, 
Before file's kild by death, fhe will not fly. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




!I_ FAUT SOUFFRIR CE QU'ON NE PEUT GUERIR. 



:~?*^ THE WEAKEST GOES TO THE WALL. ^>^ 



Pauper agat caute. 




IF POOR, ACT CAUTIOUSLY. 

| « ITTLE fifh ! why come you fkimming 
m On the furface as you do ? 
Deeper down you mould be fwimming, 

That's the fitter place for you. 
Here above, great fea-mews hover, 

Keen of eye, and fwift of flight ; 
And for fuch as you moreover, 

Have a wondrous appetite. 



WHO CLIMBS TOO HIGH, IS NEAR A FALL. 



S<&< CHACUN A SA PLACE. *§*g 

Here alone, the kings of ocean 

May with fafety dare the light, 
But how came you by the notion 

Thus to brave the eagle's fight ? 
Every kind of little creature 

Should its proper ftation know; 
And your fitter place by nature, 
2 Is much rather — down below. 

J But if little Bleaks difport them, 

Like the porpoife and the whale, 
While fo heedlefs they comport them, 

Danger muft their lives aflail : 
Little fifties undertaking 

What the great alone may do, 
Like all, who their part miftaking, 

Soon or late their folly rue. 



tpVERY little fish expects to become a whale. He who would be every where will 
be no where. — Danish Proverb. 



Those who wade in unknown waters will be sure to be drowned. 



An ounce of discretion is better than a pound of wit. 



Who always does that which pleases him. 
Does not always what he ought. 



Sempre ha torto il piu debole. 

A cader va chi troppo in alto sale. 



On ne doit jamais pretendre a des droits qu'on ne sgauroit soutenir. 



Quien siempre hace lo que quiere, 

No hace siempre lo que debe. — Spanish Proverb. 



Traspasa el rico las leyes, y es castigado el pobre. 

The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished. 



ALL THINGS IN THEIR PLACES. 





2?<a*2?<^ HE WHO STANDS HIGH IS SEEN FROM AFAR. "3*£«s*s: 




CEEKEST thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil 
upon all flesh, saith the Lord. — -Jeremiah xlv. 5. 










As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his 






place. — Proverbs xxvii. 8. 






A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself ; but the simple, pass on, and 






are punished. — Proverbs xxvii. 12. 






He that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. — Proverbs xvii. 19. 






'U/'HO shall go about 

To cozen Fortune and be honourable 










Without the stamp of merit ! Let none presume 






To wear an undeserved dignity. — Shakespeare. 




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Felix est qui sorte sua contentus vivit. — Horace. 


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Ne quid nimis. — Terence. 






Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat 






Res angusta domi. — Juvenal. 






Pauper amet caute, timeat maledicere pauper, 






Multaque divitibus non patienda ferat. — Ovid. 






Quid fait ut tutas agitaret Daedalus alas, 






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Nam pennas ambo non habuere suas, 






Crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, et intra 






Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. — Ovid. 






Nullum Numen abest si sit Prudentia. — Juvenal. 






HE WHO PITCHES TOO HIGH WON'T GET THROUGH HIS SONG. 





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¥ ^,IGHT is the Torches life of heavenly kind, 

^1 Thus to a fraile and greafie maffe combind, 

To which the Painter beauty doth impart, 

Giving it glofTe and colour from his Art. 

The painting's nought, light doth the Torch commend 

Which firft was framed onely for this end. 

It is our mind that doth our life approve, 

Shewing our race derived from above. 

Blind Fortunes goods, kins generofity, 

Youths ftrength, and beauties curiofity 

Make not, unleffe the fpirit doe us feafon 

With that Heav'n-bred fparkle of divine reafon. 

Farlie's Emblem?. 




PRIDE THAT DINES ON VANITY, SUPS ON CONTEMPT. 



QUI EST BIEN, QU'IL SY TIENNE. 



Fry daer gy zyt. 




REST CONTENT WHERE THOU ART. 

THERE is a Fiili, fo Fifhers fay, 
Of mood fo giddy and fo gay ; 
So fond of glare and dazzling light, 
That even in the darkeft night, 
'Twill crowd thereto in fportive play, 
And e'en more ready than by day 
Become the wily Fifher's prey. 



WHOSO IS WELL, LET HIM KEEP SO. 



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The Fifher who thefe fifh would get, 




Needs neither baited hook nor net : 






A blazing torch, his only lure, 






Fix'd in his boat, is far more Cure 






Than bow-net, feine, or hook and bait, 






His fluff in little time to freight. 






For while his mates propel the boat, 






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Or goes to cheat — or to be cheated. 






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MAKE THYSELF HONEY AND THE FLIES WILL EAT THEE. 



A NEAR NEIGHBOUR IS BETTER THAN A DISTANT COUSIN. 



Fallitur ignotis, aut fallit amator in oris. 



Ut cephalum Venetis fallat piscator in oris, 

Praefiget parvae lumina magna reti : 
Mox piscis, qua teda micat, salit, inque phaselum 

Ciim ruit, in praedam navita promptus adest. 
Quid tibi cum flammis, cum sint tua regna sub undis, 

Quid salis in Cymbam stulte, natare tuam est : 
Ni cupiat vel fraude capi, vel fallere quemquam, 

Errat, in ignoto littore si quis amat. 



Domus arnica, domus optima. 

'"pHE finger of God points to home, and says to us all, " There is the place to find 
^ your earthly joy!" — Rev. J. Abbott. 




If you find a young man who does not love home, whose taste is formed for other 

joys, who can see no happiness in the serene enjoyment of the domestic circle, you may 
depend upon it he is not to be trusted. — Ibid. 



'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, 
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ; 
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there, 
Which, wherever we rove, is not met with elsewhere. 

Home ! Home ! sweet, sweet home ! 

There's no place like home ! — B. Cornwall. 



DRY BREAD AT HOME IS BETTER THAN ROAST MEAT ABROAD. 



3UT NOT TOO MUCH. 



FY Light is beft maintain'd with little Oyle, 
Too much of that which feeds me, doth me fpoile. 
Deluge of waters drownes the fertile ground. 
Soft dropping raines makes it with grafTe abound : 
Riot in cheere, the body kils and minde, 
The meaneft fare, the beft for both we finde : 
Rather in Mica than Apollo dine, 
If thou wouldft wit and health ftill to be thine. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




TRUST, BEWARE WHOM. 



TIME BRINGS ALL. THINGS TO LIGHT. 



Sensim amor sens us occupat. 




LOVE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE MIND 
INSENSIBLY. 

THOUGH fcarce at firft apparent to the fight, 
The words which on the tender bark we write; 
Yet how diftincl, 'ere long, the letters fhew, 
In fize increafed, as with the rind they grow ! 
So by degrees, as on that lettered bark, 
Doth Time expand to flame, Love's {lighten: fpark : 
So to the germ of Vice in early youth, 
Time gives the increafe with the body's growth; 



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A LITTLE LEAVEN, LEAVENS A GREAT MASS. 

And errors deem'd at firft too flight to trace, 
Spread to a depth no efforts can efface. 
From small beginnings rife the fierceft ftrife ; 
Nor Love, nor Vice, at once leap into life : 
The breeze at firft fo zephyr-like and warm, 
Is but too oft the prelude of the ftorm. 
That fo it is; how many have to grieve! — 
The mifchief when full grown we can perceive ; 
But how it grew — we fcarcely can believe. 



A MOR neque nos statim, neque vehementer ab initio, quemadmodum ira, invadit ; 
neque facile ingressus, decedit, quamvis alatus : sed sensim ingreditur ac molliter, 
manetque diu in sensibus. — Plutarch. 

Labitur sensim furor in medullas, 

Igne furtivo populante venas, 

Non habet latam data plaga frontem, 

Sed vorat tectas penitus medullas. — Senec. Hippol. 



Long-waiting love doth entrance find 

Into the slow-believing mind. — Sydney Godolphin. 



There is no argument of more antiquity and elegancy than is the matter of Love ; 
for it seems to be as old as the world, and to bear date from the first time that man 
and woman was : therefore in this, as in the finest metal, the freshest wits have in all 

ages shown their best workmanship. — Robert Wilmot. 



TI 7"E are not worst at once — the course of evil 

Begins so slowly, and from such slight source, 
An infant's hand might stem its breach with clay; 
But let the stream get deeper, and Philosophy — 
Aye, and Religion too — shall strive in vain 
To turn the headlong torrent. — Old Play. 



Tempus omnia revelat. 

Tertullian. 

There is nothing covered that shall not be revealed ; and hid that shall not be 
known. — Matthew x. 26. 



■&<$!* PEU DE LEVAIN AIGRIT GRAND' PATE. -S*S> 



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Tenera Pietatis principia. 




By degrees, until Chrift be formed in you. — Galatians iv. ig. 






'HpILL we all come in the unity of the Faith, and of the Knowledge of the Son of 
God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 










— Ephesians iv. 13. 






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THE SUN WILL BRING TO LIGHT WHAT LAY UNDER THE SNOW. 







^jr" HIS little rift and chap workes all my woe, 
Whilft thorow it fierce Boreas doth blow ; 
A crevice is a city gate to death, 
Who ftill in ambufh feekes to flop our breath : 
A little chink dothe drowne the loaded barke, 
A ftately houfe is burned with a fparke : 
And one difeafe doth this our health annoy, 
One wound our life is able to deftroy : 
One flnne can Soule and Body overthrow 
Into the hell, and darkneffe that's below. 
Doe not a danger which is meane defpife, 
From meaner! caufes greater! evils arife. 

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5*®- LITTLE BY LITTLE THE BIRD BUILDS ITS NEST. -^5 




THE INEXPERT ARE WOUNDED. 

'{ST S food for man, like many other fim, 

A well drefPd Thornback is a dainty dim ; 
But in the cooking, lefs of art there lies, 
Than how to hold it when you've caught the prize : 
For he who doth not know this fifh's ways, 
And grips him juft as he would take another, 



CUSTOM MAKES ALL THINGS EASY. 



®<S^^5?<§y NESSUNO NASCE MAESTRO.'S^'M^S 

Moft dearly for his want of knowledge pays 
With unexpe&ed pain, too great to fmother: 

While the more fkill'd and cautious fiiher, he 
Seizing him firft by one gill, then the other, 

Short work, of him foon makes, and as you fee, 
Laughs in his fleeve to hear his neighbour's pother. 



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All things are not good for all. 

T^^HO think that they the faculty possess, 

All things alike to do with like success"; 
And that alike all things may be achieved, 
Ne'er fail'd alike to find themselves deceiv'd. 
Not ev'ry one is apt to ev'ry thing, 

Nor the same talent to the purpose bring : 
To take or this or that be what it may, 
Each certain thing has its own certain way. 
T' achieve success in all we would acquire, 
Needs something else beyond the mere desire. 
And when obtain'd how oft 'tis but to find, 
The thing desir'd, not suited nor design'd 
Or to our talent, health, or frame of mind. 
All is not good for all, though all would be 
Alike possessors of some thing they see : 
What joy to one imparts and is his gain, 
Is both at once another's loss and pain, 
And ev'ry day doth some example shew 
That one man's weal is but another's woe. 



Arte citse remoque rates veloque reguntur, 

Arte leves currus, arte regendus amor. — Ovid I. Amand. 

Qui secundos optat eventus, dimicet arte, non casu. — Veget. lib. 3 in Prcef. 

Amabit sapiens, cupient caeteri. — Apul. ex Afran. 



NO ONE IS HIS CRAFT'S MASTER IN ONE DAY. 



SAGESSE VAUT MIEUX C^UE FORCE. 



Without knowledge meddle not. 
Diluis helleborum certo compescere puncto 
Nescius quantum? vetat hoc natura medendi. 
Wilt thou mix hellebore, who doth not know 
How many grains should to the mixture go? 
The art of med'cine this forbids, I trow. 



Felix quern faciunt aliena fericula cautum. 

'"pHAT is a twofold knowledge, which profits alike by the folly of the foolish, and 
the wisdom of the wise ; it is both a shield and a sword ; it borrows its security 
from the darkness, and its confidence from the light. — Colton. Lacon. 

Oxe man's meat is another man's poison. 
One man's fault is another man's lesson. 

It is better to learn late than to remain ignorant. — Phocylides. 

What is the true good? Knowledge. 
And the true evil ? Ignorance. — Seneca. 



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Disappointment in Marriage. 

T ISTEN, I pray you, to the stories of the disappointed in marriage : — collect all their 
complaints : hear their mutual reproaches ; upon what fatal hinge do the greatest 
part of them turn ? — " They were mistaken in the person." — Some disguise either of body 
or mind is seen through in the first domestic scuffle : — some fair ornament — perhaps the 
very one which won the heart, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit — falls off; // is 
not the Rachael for whom I have served, — Why hast thou then beguiled me ? 

Be open — be honest : give yourself for what you are ; conceal nothing, — varnish 
nothing, — and if these fair weapons will not do, — better not conquer at all, than con- 
quer for a day : — when the night is passed, 'twill ever be the same story, — And it came 
to pass, behold it was Leah ! 

If the heart beguiles itself in its choice, and imagination will give excellencies 
which are not the portion of flesh and blood: when the dream is over, and we awake 
in the morning, it matters little whether 'tis Rachael or Leah — be the object what it 
will, as it must be on the earthly side, at least, of perfection, — it will fall short of the 
work of fancy, whose existence is in the clouds. 

In such cases of deception, let not man exclaim as Jacob does in his, — What is 
it thou hast done unto me ? — for 'tis his own doings, and he has nothing to lay his fault 
on, but the heat and poetic indiscretion of his own passions. — Sterne's Sermons, vol. iv. 
p. ii. 



EXPERIENCE TEACHES FOOLS. 



LA EXPERIENCIA ES MADRE DE l_A SCIENCIA. 



m OMETIMES I was the brood of Gold'n-haird funne, 
1^' More pure, more chaft, than Vefta's watchfull nunne, 

Purer than Eafterne gemmes, than Saphirs bright, 
Purer than Ophirs gold, than Rubies light, 
Purer than Pactols gravell often try'd 
In fire, and furnace feven times purify'd : 
But fince the fates to greafe did me combine, 
His filthy dregges are judged to be mine : 

For why conjunction doth contagion make, 
And from th' impure the pure infection take. 
The foule once plung'd into the body darke, 
Forgets it was a chaft and divine fparke. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




2-S, EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST MASTER.^ 



TON NON MOUVOIR, MOUVOIR ME FAIT. 



Dum Trahimus, T'rahimur 








WHILE WE DRAW, WE ARE DRAWN. 

SEEK to move thee to my mind : 
But in fo doing, this I find ; — 

That 'tis not I who give to thee 

The fond emotion I would fee ; 

But thine immobility, 

That moves me rather, more to thee. 

Strange ! that the coldnefs of thine heart, 

Should thus to mine more warmth impart; 



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Quod movet, quiefcit ! 






That which moves, is at reft ! 






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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the 






Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. — -James i. 17. 






&<^&^(3<Sb-&<&'^<^ DIEU N'A RIEN FAIT QUE DE BON. "®>=g^3*g>®^' s s*S'^*§ 







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Omne motum non in moto movetur, Jed in quiejcente, et id quod movet, quiejcit. 






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How do the Heavens speak to us? In what language doth it instruct us? The 
seasons run their course ; all is reborn, all things are renewed. It is with this eloquent 
silence that they discourse to us the great Secret Principle by which all is moved. — 

Confucius. 

Mon Dieu conduisse moy, par la voie ordonne'e, 
Je suivray volontiers, de peur qu'un fort lien 
Ne m'entraine mediant, ou en homme de bien 
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Unto the fource of light that's never dry. 
Like as the Rivers to the Ocean runne, 
From whence their fecret fountaines, firft begun ; 
Like as the {tone doth to the center fway ; 
So to the Spheres my light frill makes his way. 

No joyes, delights, and greater!: weights of gold, 
Nor pampering pleafure faft our foule can hold. 
The panting foule refts not, untill it fee 
His maker God, a Tri-une Deitie. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY; AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE. 



LA PEUR EST GRAND INVENTEUR. 




BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE SEEN. 

#T?' MASK, feen firft in front, by children's eyes, 
v» Strikes them with terror and with wild furprife : 

But would'ft reftore to calm the urchin mind, 
Avert the face, and let them fee behind. 
With men no lefs, how oft doth it appear, 
The worft interpreter of things is Fear ! 



EAR IS A GREAT INVENTOR. 



FOOLISH FEAR DOUBLES DANGER. 

How oft the crowds of men and women grown, 
Quailing like children at fome form unknown — 
Or when fome found unufual ftrikes their ear, 
Fly, to meet ills far worfe than thofe they fear ! 
And yet how frequent, would they but reftrain 
The fudden terror of their fever'd brain, 
And calmer wait t' examine and to fee 
The how, or end of what the thing may be ; 
Puerile as that which fill'd the child with 'dread, 
They'd find the fancied peril which they fled ; 
And fcann'd with coolnefs, learn more probably, 
That what in front is terrible to fee, 
Seen from behind provokes hilarity ! 



Timiditas est corruptio judicii. 

Seneca. 

'TPHE Imagination (says Seneca) appals us usually more than the thing itself; in like 
manner as the mere whizzing sound of a sling frightens birds, and makes them take 
wing, so are we alarmed more by the noise than by the act. As the forms of bodies 
appear increased in size in misty weather, so are all things magnified to us by Fear : in 
so much that many through fear of coming into danger, fall, daily, into the most 
extreme peril. Men have been known, in peril of shipwreck, to throw themselves 
overboard through fear of being drowned; drowning themselves, therefore, in order not 
to be drowned, and dying to avoid death. What folly so great (says Seneca) as to 
become troubled at approaching difficulties, to spare ourselves no anguish, but rather 
call an increase of sufferings to those that threaten? 



PERU, interii, occidi — quo curram 1 quo non curram? 

Tene, tene — quem? quis? nescio — nihil video. 
I'm lost, undone, I'm kill'd, oh whither shall I flee 1 
Whither shall I not flee 1 
Hold ! hold ! whom 1 what ? who ? I know not — I do nothing see. 

The novelty of the danger is not unfrequently its chief and only terror. 
./Equam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. 
In peril, still preserve an unmov'd mind, 
And oft no peril in the thing you'll find. 



APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL. 



FEAR ARGUES A DEGENERATE MIND. 



A DHIBE rationem difficultatibus, possunt et dura molliri, et angusta laxari, et gravia 
scite ferentes minus premere. — Seneca. 

Terror absentium rerum ipsa novitate falsb augetur; consuetudo autem et ratio 
efficit, ut ea, etiam quae horrenda sunt natura, terrendi vim amittant. — Plutarch in Mot: 



Mors larvae similis : tremor hinc, nihil inde maligni. 

i Corinth, xv. 55. 

Death, where is thy Sting? 

T^'EN as the mask, in front seen, only, fills 

The mind of children with a panic fear, 
So Death by men is feared : yet least of ills, 
Alike of both the terrors disappear 

When seen by Reason's light on every side. 
And why fear Death, ere we its nature know? 
'Tis but a livid mask, which, seen behind, 
Hath terrors none, but balm for every woe, 
Hope, peace, and comfort to the righteous mind; 

Opening to realms more bright, the portals wide. 



pUERI larvas timent, ignem non timent; sic nos timemus mortem quae est larva, 
contemptu digna, peccatum non timemus. — Chrysostom, Horn. 5 ad Pop. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no evil : 
for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. — Psalm xxiii. 4. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the 
strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — Ibid, xxvii. 1. 

Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? — Matthew viii. 26. 

Sic nos in Luce timemus. — Lucret. /. 2. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. — Psalm cxvi. 15. 

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ : 
which is far better. — Philippians i. 23. 



Present fear begetteth Eternal security : Fear God, which is above all, and no 
need to fear man at all. — S. August, stcper Psal. 



S2^:g*S, EXPERIENTIA DOCET. 'S^-s^ 



^^ EXPERIENTIA STUL.TORUM MAGISTER. 



T O glory could I fhew, wer't not the night 

In fable clouds did mantle up heavens light, 
When ftarres are vail'd, and Phceb' her homes doth hide, 
Laying her crefTet and attire afide. 

The more nights fogge doth mafke the fpangled fpheare, 
The more in darkeneffe doth my Light appeare ; 
Nights foggy cold doth make my flame more ftrong, 
And light's more glorious pitchy clouds among. 

If you together contraries parallel, 

By contrary oppofition they excell. 

Vertue compare with Vice ; and you mail fee, 

This fhew his glory, that his infamie. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




EXPERIENCE IS THE INSTRUCTOR OF FOOLS. 



HE IS A GREAT FOOL. WHO FORGETS HIMSELF. 



Sibi nequam, cui bonus. 




WHO IS HURTFUL TO HIMSELF, 
BENEFITS NO ONE. 



AKE Love with cheerful heart, 

Of what ufe thoughts of fadnefs ? 
Do as the Partridge doth,* 
That fattens on Love's gladnefs : 



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SELF-PRESERVATION IS THE FIRST LAW OF NATURE. 

Do as doth the pretty bird * 

Which on the banks of Nile, 
The while he feafts his fill, no lefs 

Doth fervice to the Crocodile. 

Nay ne'er repine, fweet youth, 
'Tis fenfelefs, downright Folly, 

To let thine ardent flame 
Give caufe for Melancholy : 
He that loves and ferves a maid 

In truth, achieves two ends; 
For while her wifh he pleafes moft, 
So he no lefs himfelf befriends. 



Et puer es, nee te, quidquam nisi ludere oportet. 

Lude, decent annos mollia regna tuos. 
Cur aliquis rigido fodiat sua pectora ferro 1 

Invidiam csedis pacis amator habes. 

Ovid, lib. i. de Rented. Amor, ad Cupidititm. n 

Amor immoderatus ipsi amori novissime inutiles sic facit : nam quum fruendi cupiditate ™ 

insatiabili quis flagrat, tempora suspicionibus, lachrimis, querelis perdit, otium sui facit 

et novissime sibi est odio. — Hieron. 

Les violences qu'on se fait pour s'empecher d'aimer sont souvent plus cruelles que 
les rigueurs de ce qu'on aime. — La Rochefoucauld. 



Non id agis, quod agis. 
Publica prastexuntur, privata curantur. 

Quelque personage que l'homme joue, il joue toujours le sien panny. — Mich, de 
Montaigne. 

TX7TTH Public men, great fault the Public find, 

That while the business of the State they do. 
They shew themselves the while somewhat inclin'd 
To look to self, and mend their own state too. 
In this withal, we see not much to blame ; 
And those who most the impulse oft condemn, 



* On the subject of this bird, the Trochilus of Pliny, see Plin. lib. 8, cap. 25. De Trochilo sive avium 
rege, crocodilo dentes scalpente et se saginante. 



IT IS EASY TO HELP HIM WHO IS WILLING. TO BE HELPED. 



WHO IS OVER NICE, LOSES MANY A SLICE. 



Would — ten to one — in office do the same, 

Or even worse than those whom they contemn. 
In this as in all else 'tis the excess 

That constitutes the fault, and those alone 
Who steer the middle course, the best express : 

" Serve well the Public ends, but serve thine own.' 
The wisest Statesman of a surety, 

Is he who lab'ring for the Public weal, 
His own alike with the same glance can see, 

And feel for that for which none else would feel. 
On this world's stage, whate'er the Part man plays, 
<( In act and speech however seeming fair ; 

He always something of his own betrays, 

And in the Part — the Man himself is there. 



A la cour du Roy, chacun pour soy. 

Sois serviteur, sans crevecceur. 

Onder Vrientschaps schyn, besorght hy't syn. 



O prodiga rerum luxuries ! 

"\X/ r HEN gorged with food, the greedy Crocodile 

Extended lies upon the sands of Nile ; 
The pretty King bird with an appetite 
Gross as the Vulture, or the bird of Night ; 
Hies to the monster's wide extended jaws 
To cleanse his fetid teeth with beak and claws. 
That bird so pretty should a taste display 
For food so filthy, doth too well pourtray 
And symbolise the grosser appetites 
Which some men shew for sensual delights ; 
And who while doing service as they seem, 
The service of their bellies most esteem. 



Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly ; and whose glory is in their 
shame, who mind earthly things. — Philip, iii. 19. 

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. — Prov. ix. 17. 

IT IS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS IN ALL PARTS. 



HE WHO WOULD TAKE MUST GIVE. 



? HILST ftormy winds about the Lanterne rage, 
The light ought to have lurked in his cage ; 
Untimely love undoes him, while he lends 
His Light, loe how his harmelefTe life he fpends. 
When troops of enemies befiege the wall, 
For feare of hurt, fhut gates, though friends doe call. 
If that a friend accompanyed with a foe 
Doth come, feare neighbour danger, let him goe. 
If thou lov'ft to be charitable, doe 
So good to others, that it hurt not you. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




G^UIEN QUIERE TOMAR CONVIENELE DAR. 



KNOW, ONE FALSE STEP IS NE'ER RETRIEVED. 



De Kanne gaet sco lang te water, totse eens breeckt. 




THE POT GOETH SO LONG TO THE WATER, TIL AT 
LAST IT COMMETH BROKEN HOME. 

fO'LAS! Alas! What have I done? 
" Oh ! Woe is me this day : 
My Pitcher's broke! — all from this fun, — 

This filly, romping play. 
Oh ! fad ! what will my Mother fay ? 
Her words have come too true ! 



5r<^ DONNA CHE PRENDE, TOSTO SE RENDE. • 





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IDLE MEN TEMPT THE DEVIL. 





AS YOU SOW, SO MUST YOU REAP. 

And thus I've found the faying true, 
I've many times heard fpoken, 

" The Pot that goes too oft unto 
The Well, at laft gets broken." 



'"pANT va la cruche a l'eau, que le manche y demeure. 

Der Krug gienge fo lang zur buch 
Bis er zu lest zerbruch. 
Der Krug gehet so lang zum brunnen, bis das er bricht. 
Taxto va la secchia al pozzo, che vi lascia il manico. 
Coxsumitcr peccando saspius pudor. 
Taxto va la capra al cavolo, che vi lascia la pelle. 
Het gevtjen loopt soo dickwils in de koolen, tot het eens de vacht laet. 
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TT is unwise both to use and to permit too great Familiarity. Who become 
familiar, soon lose the superiority which their previous reserve gave to them ; and 






consequently, their credit. We should be familiar with none — never with our superiors, 




because it is dangerous ; nor with our inferiors, because it is derogatory ; and still 




less with the vulgar, whose ignorance renders them insolent, and, unable to perceive 




the honour that is done them, they presume that it is their due. Familiarity is one 




of the tendencies of a weak mind. — Graltax. 




The purest treasure mortal times afford 




Is — spotless reputation ; that away, 




Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. — Shakespeare, Rich. Ill 



L'OISIVETE EST MERE DE TOUT VICE. 



I_E MECHANT EST COMME l_ E CHARBON, 



fO ND loth'ft thou me, my Soule, loving to goe 
| ~ Elfewhere, I pray thee whither, let me know ? 
Was thou not all this while my deereft mate, 
My gueft, my convoy, confort in eftate ; 
While I did florifh, thou didft conftant prove, 
My times are darkend now, fo is thy love ? 
Soule. Here as a captive to a keeper, fo 

I tyed was with thee, at lift, to goe, 

Banifht from home : loe now my bonds are loofe, 

Thou dy'ft, I glad runne to my father's houle. 

Soules bond with body hardly maketh breach, 

Yet this doth dye, and that Heav'ns dwelling reach. 

Farlie's EmbLrns. 




'Il_ NE VOUS BRULE, 1 1_ VOUS NOIRCIT. 



MERRY AND WISE 



Ludite, r ed Cafle. 




PLAY, BUT CHASTELY. 



THE cunning Hedgehog, with inftinctive art, 
In ball-like fhape, rolled up, upon the ground, 
With open hole-like mouth, knows well his part, 
T'entrap the giddy mice that fport around. 
And lo ! when one, more prying than the reft, 
Draws near, to peep within a hole (o nice, 



RIREE SANS MAL- 



GIVE A SPRAT TO CATCH A MACKREL. 

The Hedgehog fnaps him up with eager zeft, 
And moufey pays for peeping, in a trice ! 
Let caution guide your fport, be what it may ; 
For where expedled leaft, fome fnare may lay : 
And Venus' boy was painted blind of yore, 
For that in darknefs he worked mifchief more. 



Formosas intueri jucundissimum, tangere autem et tractare sine periculo non licet. 

Plutarch. 
Amor latebricolarum hominum corrupter. — Plaut. Trin. 

Detur aliquid setati, sit adolescentia liberior, non omnia voluptatibus denegentur. 
Dummodb ilia in hoc genere praescriptioque moderatioque teneatur, parcat juventus 
pudicitiae suae, ne spoliet alienam, ne probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis 
inferat. — Cic. pro Mar. Ccelio. 



Parva Patitur ut Magnis Potiatur. 

Niuno piu facilmente inganna gli altri, che chi e solito, e ha fama, di non gli 
ingannare. — Giucciardin. 

No one so easily deceives others as he who is expert in deceit, and has a repute 
for Integrity. 



He is not the greateft cheat who begins with cheating. 

A ~PO gain his ends, the Hedgehog first permits 

Each sportive freedom that the mouse would take ; 
For well he knows if he to that submits, 
More sure is he, his prey of him to make. 
So is't with those who most to wrong intend ; 
They first assume the semblance of a friend ; — 
And e'en sometimes to make the cheat more sure, 
Some favour offer, or some loss endure : 
Till having gain'd the vantage ground they sought, 
And lull'd suspicion with most fair pretence, 
Their too reliant dupe at length is caught, 
And rues too late his ill plac'd confidence. 



SUPPORTER PEU, POUR EMPORTER TOUT. 



S*s* GIVING IS FISHING. *&& 



Vigor ingentibus negotiis par, eb acrior, quo somnum et inertiam magis ostentat. 

Tacitus. 

Pelliculam veterem retines, et fronte politus, 

Abstruso rapidam gestas sub pectore vulpem. — Per.s. Satyr. 5. 

Fraus in parvis fidem sibi praestruit, ut, cum operae pretium est, cum mercede 
magna fallat. — Livv. 



ObjeEla movent. 

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh 
about, seeking whom he may devour. — 1 Peter v. 8. 

HpHE Hedgehog knows the mouse's wanton ways, 
And knowing this, knows well to profit by it : 
He shows the mouse a hole, nor aught betrays 
That might abate his innate bent to try it : 
Within his mouth in hole-like fashion hollow'd 
The mouse soon creeps — and is as quickly swallow'd. 
With just such baits as these, Man's mortal foe 
Lures man to ill, and fills this world with woe : 
He knows our hearts, he knows our love of sin, 
And by that knowledge strives our souls to win, 
Tempts each alike, by that which most allures 
The heart of each, and thus his prey secures. 



But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty. \ 
your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.— 2 Corinth, xi. 



It is the Devil's part to suggest : Ours, not to consent. As oft as we resist him, 
so often we overcome him : As often as we overcome him. so often we bring joy to 
the Angels, and glory to God, who opposeth us, that we may contend, and assisteth 
us, that we may conquer. — S. Bernard in Ser. 



DONAR SI CHIAMA PESCAR. 



UNLOOKED-FOR, OFTEN COMES. 



JJlOURE Elements in this my body are 

All yockt in one, yet ever {till at warre ; 

As all agree to nourifh this my light, 

So to my ruine they combine their might : 

Aire maketh way for flame, Earth builds a pyre, 

My moifture feeds the ftill confuming fire. 

Still as I mine by light, by light I dy, 

As cause of life, fo of mortality, 

It was Prometheus fault who ftole away 

Heav'ns fire, and joyn'd it to his mortall clay. 

Moifture doth heat, and heat doth moifture quale, 
That dryes our body, this makes it dampe and fraile, 
That which doth give, doth likewife fpend our breath ; 
The firft of being, is firft houre of death. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




UNDER FAIR WORDS, BEWARE OF A FRAUD. 



ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER. 



21, met Wyl. 




HASTEN AT LEISURE. 

T" HE Peach-tree with too eager hafte 
To fhew its bloffoms to the fun, 
Gives oft its pretty bloom to wafte, 
Before the frofts of Spring are done. 

Much wifer is the Mulberry, 

Which only thinks its leaves to fhew, 



:}'^3r^ UNA HIRUNDO NON FACIT VER. 'S.^^ 



S^^c^S^ HASTE MAKES WASTE. ■*rs*e>^>&^>& 

When leaves are green on ev'ry tree. 
And rofes have begun to blow. 

They moft enfure Succefs and Praife, 
Who, guided by the Rule of Reafon, 

Do fitting things on fitting days, 

And drefs as most becomes the feafon. 



OLUTOST meurier, 
Qu'amandrier. 

D'Amandel bloeyt vroeg, de Moerbesy laet ; 
Maer let eens wie het beter gaet ! 

Sat citb, si sat bene. 
Assez tost, si bien. 

Haest genoeg, 
Is't wel genoeg. 

Soon enough begun, 
That which is well done. 

Dress drains our Cellar dry, 

And keeps our Larder lean. — Cowper. 

Fond pride of Dress is sure a very curse. 

Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. — Benjamin Franklin. 

The most violent Passions will sometimes allow us a respite, but Vanity leaves us 
> repose. — La Rochefoucauld. 



1DROIN quidquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi : 

Quid ratio nequit saepe sanavit mora. — Seneca, Again. 

Si quid bene factum velis, tempori trade. — Ibid. 

Da spatium tenuemque moram, male cuncta ministrat 
Impetus. — Statius. 

Differ, habent parvag commoda magna mora?. — Ovid. 

The mean, is the point nearest to Wisdom : it is better not to reach it at all, 
than to over-run it. — Chinese Proverb. 

Let Reason guide you at all times, even in the most unimportant things. 

Pythagoras. 



HASTY SPEED DON'T OFTEN SUCCEED. 



HASTE TRIPS UP ITS OWN HEELS. 



Avoid doing that which may draw down upon you the reproaches and the envy 
of your neighbours. — Pythagoras. 

Know your opportunity, and do not speak before-hand of that which you will 
do. Should your project fail, you will furnish subject for ridicule to those who are 
jealous of you. — Thales. 



Esto Cultu modicus. 

"\X7"E are told by Jewellers that there is no Diamond of so fine a water, but it 
requires some aid to improve its lustre. This observation has been also 
applied to young women. 

No objection can be made thereto, provided it be understood in a fitting and 
healthy sense. For it is indisputable that Virtue and Modesty are the greatest 
ornaments or auxiliaries to the Beauty of Woman. 

La chastete est la premiere beaute. 

External Show and costliness of Dress are pernicious in their effects upon the 
female mind, and tend to sap the principles of Virtue and Modesty. As regards her 
attire, the motto of a virtuous young Woman should be : — 

Nitide, non delicate. 

Reyn gekleet, 
En niet te breet. 

Clean in Dress, 
Without Excess. 

Ne sois Paon a. toy parer, 
Ny Perroquet en ton parler, 
Ny Cicogne en ton manger, 
Ny Oye aussi en ton marcher. 

Suspecta semper ornamenta ementibus. 

Veel vlaggen, luttel boters. 

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of 
wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel. — i Peter iii. 3. 



cSKi, MORE HASTE, WORSE SPEED. '^^ 



HE WHO LOSES, SINS. 



T P HE Crafts-man did me of pure tallow frame, 
And made me fit to nourim heav'ns flame ; 
One thing remain'd, that I mould take with fire, 
When feafon due, and fit houre doth require : 
Loe how the rats catching me all alone, 
With envious teeth my body ceafe upon ; 
I dye before my day, they life prevent; 
Before I live, my livelefle body's fpent : 
I dying could with teares my death bemoane, 
But this untimely death doth yeeld me none. 
The infant fo oft doth it felfe entombe, 
Before it fee the day, in mothers wombe. 
So by untimely death youths hope decayes, 
Which might have well deferved many daies. 
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GOD IS A LIGHT THAT IS NEVER DARKENED. 



LJEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do, 

Not light them for ourselves ; For if our virtues 
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike 
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched, 
But to fine issues ; nor Nature never lends 
The smallest scruple of her excellence ; 
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines 
Herself the glory of a creditor, 
Both thanks and use. — Shakespeare. 

So far the little candle throws its beams, 

So far shines a good deed in a naughty world ! 



/^\UI in occulto bene vivit, sed- alieno profectui minime proficit, carbo est. Qui verb 
^s^ in imitatione sanctitatis positus, lumen rectitudinis ex sese multis demonstrat' 
lampas est : quia sibi ardet, et aliis lucet. — Greg. Super Ezech. homil. 5. 

Numquam est mutila opera civis bonis. — Seneca. 

Utile etiam exemplum quiescentis. 

Melius homines exemplis docentur, quae in primis hoc in se boni habent, quod 
approbant, quae praecipiunt, fieri posse. — Plinius, Paneg. 

Doctus sine opere est ut nubes sine pluvia. — Adag. Arab. 

Sic luceat lux vestra coram hominibus ; id verb ex hoc fit, cum apparet miseri- 
cordia in affectu, benignitas in vultu, humilitas in habitu, modestia in cohabitatione, 
patientia in tribulatione. — Hugo, Dc Claustro Animce, lib. 3. 

Sic agitur censura, et sic exempla parantur, 
Cum judex, alios quod manet, ipse facit. — Ovid. 



O Lord ; who art the Light, the Way, the Truth, the Life ; in whom there is no 
darkness, error, vanity nor Death : the Light, without which there is darkness ; the 
Way, without which there is wandering; the Truth, without which there is error; the 
Life, without which there is Death : say, Lord, let there be Light, and I shall see Light, 
and eschew darkness ; I shall see the Way, and avoid wandering ; I shall see the Truth, 
and shun error; I shall see Life, and escape Death: Illuminate, O illuminate my blind 
Soul, which sitteth in darkness, and the shadow of Death ; and direct my feet in the way 
of Peace. — S. August. Soliloq. cap. 4. 



YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU. 



HE THAT DOETH GOOD, IS BETTER THAN THE GOOD HE DOETH. 



'WW// HEN ftormie Boreas puts the feas in rage, 
" And fwelling waves interring warre do wage; 

When fun is darkn'd, when night doth heav'n confound, 

And foaming billowes give a difcord found : 

My light then leads the way through reeling ftrands, 

Guiding by Scyllas rocks, Charybdis fands. 

Here we are toffed in a maine of feares ; 

But Chrift our admirall the lanterne beares ; 

Leaft we mould fuffer mipwracke in the night, 

He leads us through all dangers by his light. 

Who then wouldft come to Heav'ns long wifht-for bay, 

Follow thy Saviour, who's Truth, Light, and Way. 

Faroe's Emblems. 




THE PRACTICE OF DOING GOOD ENGENDERS GOOD WORKS. 



LOVERS LIVE BY LOVE, AS LARKS BY LEEKS. 



Fumo pascuntur amantes. 




SMOKE IS THE FOOD OF LOVERS. 



HEN Cupid open'd Shop, the Trade he chofe 
Was juft the very one you might fuppofe. 

Love keep a fhop ?— his trade, Oh ! quickly name ! 

A Dealer in tobacco — Fie for fhame ! 

No lefs than true, and fet afide all joke, 

From oldeft time he ever dealt in Smoke ; 



AMANT, TON BONHEUR N'EST QUE VAPEUR. 



AS JET DRAWS A STRAW, 

Than Smoke, no other thing he fold, or made ; 

Smoke all the fubftance of his ftock in trade; 

His Capital all Smoke, Smoke all his ftore, 

'Twas nothing elfe ; but Lovers afk no more — 

And thoufands enter daily at his door ! 

Hence it was ever, and it e'er will be 

The trade molt fuited to his faculty: — 

Fed by the vapours of their heart's defire, 

No other food his Votaries require; 

For, that they feek — the Favour of the Fair, 

Is unfubftantial as the Smoke and air. 



A MORES et delicise mature, et celeriter deflorescunt. — Cicero pro M 

Omnia speramus, promissaque vana fovemus 
Molliter : et faciles ad nova vota sumus. 

Interea totum paupertas possidet aevum, 

Cascaque volvendo somnia, vita perit. — Daniel Heyns. 



Love. 



The cherish'd Fire, 

Which blindly creeps through eveiy vein and dries 

The fluent blood, whence grosser vapours rise, 

Sad ding the soul with fearful phantasies. 

It is to be all made of fantasy, 

All made of Passion, and all made of wishes ; 

All adoration, duty, and observance ; 

All humbleness, all patience, and impatience ; 

All purity, all trial, all obedience. — Shakespeare. 

Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart, 

Attended on his throne by all his guards 

Of furious wishes, fears and nice suspicions. — Otway. 

O mighty Love ! from thy unbounded power, 

How shall the human bosom rest secure 1 

How shall our thoughts avoid the various snares 2 

Or Wisdom to our cautioned soul declare 

The different shapes thou pleasest to employ, 

When bent to hurt, and certain to destroy ! — Solomon. 

There's nothing half so sweet in Life as Love's young Dream. — Moore. 



SO DOES BEAUTY LOVE. 



AS TOUCHWOOD TAKES FIRE, 



Love and Hope. 
1 have heard many say : 

Love lives on Hope; they knew not what they said. 
Hope is Love's Happiness, but not its Life. 
How many hearts have nourished a vain flame — 
In silence and in secret, though they knew 
They fed the scorching fire that would consume them. — L. E. L. 



Lighter than air, Hope's summer visions die : 

If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky, 

If but a beam of sober reason play; 

Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. — Rogers. 



Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Private Memoirs, makes a lover say, " I will go to the 
other world to preach to damned souls that their pains are but imaginary ones, in 
respect of them that live in the hell of love." — P. 38. 

Love is a species of Melancholy. — Burton. 
61 
^ Cure for Love. 

A/TRS. Carter was for half an hour one evening entirely in love with a Dutchman : 
and the next morning she took a dose of algebra fasting, which she says 
entirely cured her. — Memoirs, vol. 1. pp. 36-7. 



Love and Legislation. 

CTRANGE, and passing strange, that the relation between the two Sexes, the Passion 
of Love, in short, should not be taken into deeper consideration by our Teachers 
and our Legislators. 

People educate and legislate as if there was no such thing in the World : but ask 
the Priest, ask the Physician — let them reveal the amount of Moral and Physical 
results from this one cause. 

Must Love be always discussed in blank verse, as if it were a thing to be played 
in Tragedies or sung in Songs — a subject for pretty Poems and wicked Novels, and 
had nothing to do with the prosaic current of our every day existence, our Moral 
Welfare and Eternal Salvation ? Must Love be ever treated with profaneness, as a mere 
illusion \ or with coarseness, as a mere impulse ? or with fear, as a mere disease % or 
with shame, as a mere weakness 1 or with levity, as a mere accident 1 Whereas it is 
a great Mystery, and a great Necessity, lying at the foundation of Human Existence, 
Morality, and Happiness — mysterious, universal, inevitable as Death. Why, then, should 
Love be treated less seriously than Death ? It is as serious a thing. — Mrs. Jameson. 



SO DOES AN IDLE PERSON LOVE. 



THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE 



\W// HO fearfr. outragious Vulcans damned ire, 

*^ And wouldft be fafe from night-furprifing fire; 

Put out the flame, the fmoaking fnuffe fupprefTe, 
Leaft from the fmoake the fire it felfe redrefTe; 
For fire is next to fmoake, and oft its feene, 
That reaking fnufFe a blazing fire hath beene. 
Who feares the damned fire of inward luft, 
And Cupids flames, obferve this rule he mull. 
Hearts concupifcence, 'fore it's vehement, 
Looke that in words he fuffer't not to vent; 
For words are fmoake of burning hearts defire ; 
Smother his words, he needs not feare the fire : 
But otherwayes a wanton complement, 
Doth blow his fire, and makes him give confent. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




NEVER YET RUN SMOOTH. 



CONTENT IS HAPPINESS. 



Su<e quemque Fortune pcenitet. 




EACH DEPLORES HIS OWN LOT. 



THE Fifli that in the Weel are taken, 
When they find no ifTue more, 
Feel the ftronger wifh awaken 

To be where they were before : 
But the Fifh that fee them in it, 

Think it far more pleafant there ; 
And they ftrive their beft to win it, 
Swimming round it ev'rywhere. 



THOU SHALT NOT COVET. 



COVETOUSNESS BRINGS NOTHING HOME. 

Thus it is that men, like Fifties, 

Ne'er contented with their lot, 
Ever reftlefs in their wilhes, 

Craving more than what they've got; — 
In their greed of wealth and ftation, 

Coveting yet more and more, 
Oft n change of fituation, 

Find it worfe than 'twas before. 





Z DISCIS cum modo ingrediendi nassam videat, egrediendi non videat, et nihilominus 

ingrediatur, piscatoribus fit praeda : non est ergo suscipiendum negotium, nisi 

prius perspecta. ratione qua te possis inde rursus explicare : nee enim labyrinthi . 

ingrediendi sunt sine filo, quo securus possis redire. 

Nemo est, quin ubivis, quam ibi, ubi est, esse malit : nam suam quisque conditionem 
miserrimam putat ; cum tamen contention suis rebus esse, maximse sunt certissimas- 
que divitias. — Cicero. 

Non esse cupidum, pecunia est. 

Si vis gaudere per unum diem, radas barbam, si per septimanam, vade ad nuptias ', 
si per mensem, eme pulchrum equum ; si per semestre, eme pulchram domum ; si per 
annum, ducas pulchram uxorem ; si per biennium, fias sacerdos ; si semper vis esse 
laatus et gaudens, vives tua sorte contentus. — Thesaurus ridendi. 



Among good things I prove and find 

The quiet lyfe doth most abounde, 
And sure to the contented mynde 

There is no riches may be founde. — Songs and Sonnetes. 

Let not what I cannot have 

My cheer of mind destroy. — Colley Cibber. 



A LL men have their trials and afflictions, but a contented mind accommodates itself 
to every vicissitude of life ; neither poverty nor distress, neither losses nor 
disappointments, neither sickness nor sorrow, can affect its equanimity. — Dr. Brewer. 

A contented mind is free from the distressing passions of ambition, covetousness, 
jealousy, envy and the like, which prey like Vultures upon the peace of the 
discontented. — Ibid. 



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People than abundance and repletion. — Theognis. 






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Their life, not fo my harmelefle light I gaine. 

The plant doth feede upon the fertile foile ; 

And bruitifh beafts the pleafant plants doe fpoile ; 

So harmelefle beaft, and bird, and fifth muft dy, 

To pamper mans too licorifh gluttony. 

But of condition though I mortall be ; 

Yet this my Light is onely nurfr. by me. 

The raoft of men doe live by others lofTe, 
Whilft others goods they to themfelves engrofle : 
So man proves wolfe to man, and robbery gives 
Moft gaine to him, who moft: unjuftly lives. 
Thrice happy's he, who's of his ftate content, 
As if it were Craflus or Crcelus rent. 

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EAUTY IS NO INHERITANCE. ^s^^=S> 



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In the early violet's bloom, 
Modeft mien, and fweet perfume, 



BEAUTY IS THE SUBJECT OF A BLEMISH. 





BEAUTY AND FOLLY ARE OFTEN COMPANIONS. 




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BEAUTY IS BUT DROSS IF HONESTY BE LOST. 





BEAUTY IS A BLOSSOM. 




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Lafting Love in God's domain. 






As for Man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourished:. 






For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no 






more. — Psalm ciii. 15, 16. 




PRETTINESS DIES QUICKLY. 



VANITY HAS NO GREATER FOE THAN ITSELF. 



OUCH is lights love to Heaven, that ftill above 
Jp^ It mounts, and cannot to the center move ; 
Hold you it under, it will upward reach, 
And through its ruinous body make a breach. 

Our foule doth bend our bodies ftraight and even, 

As with it felfe, it would them raife to Heaven ; 

But all in vaine it undergoes fuch toyle, 

The body will not leave its native foyle : 

Age puis it downe, and makes it ftoope full low, 

Till death doth give his fatall overthrow. 

Then through the bodies breach the Soule doth rife, 

And like a conquerour, mount to the fkyes. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




S*S*2^ VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. '^T'^^: 



EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, 



Inter manum et mentum. 




MANY A SLIP 'TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP. 

<ol WIFT, through the flood, cheer'd by his matter's praife, 
Jp# With vig'rous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way, 

And lo ! already with his ardent gaze, 
He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey. 
Near and more near upon the bird he gains, 

And as the fpace that parts them fmaller grows, 
With fpeed increafed, he plies the foot and strains 
Towards the game, now clofe before his nofe. 



CHACUN NE PREND CE QU'IL POURCHASSE. 



HOPES AND FEARS CHEQUER HUMAN LIFE. 



Then bounding high at once from out the wave 
With fudden rum to feize the certain prize : 

That which he thought no means of flight could fave, 
Dives 'neath the flood, before his wond'ring eyes. 

In Love affairs, as in intrigues at court, 

It oft occurs as in the field of fport; 

Almoft before the chafe we have begun, 

We deem the Fair, the place, and game are won ; 

An.d when moft fure we've grafp'd the prize aright, 

We fee it quickly vanifh from our fight. 

5 Tis not alone in fleep that dreams arife; 

Our hopes are oft but dreams with waking eyes; — 

As vifionlefs and vain by day as night, 

We think them real, and they fade from fight, 

Leaving the heart to grieve and to complain, 

To find itfelf fo cheated by the brain. 



/^.UERRA, caca e amores 

Per um prazer cem dores. 

— Potiundi tempore in ipso, 
Fluctuat incertis erroribus ardor amantum. — Lucret. lib. 4. 

Fallitur augurio spes bona saepe suo. — Ovid. 

Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra. 
Inter os atque escam multa interveniunt. 
Inter os atque offam multa intercident. 

Non esse sapientis praefidere constanter iis, quae aliter evenire nata sunt. — Polyb. 

Fere libenter homines id quod volunt, credunt. — Caesar. 

O fallacem hominum spem, fragilemque Fortunam ! et inanes nostras contentiones ! 
quae in medio spatio saepe franguntur et corruunt ; et ante in ipso portu obruuntur, 
quam portum contingere potuerunt. — Cicero. 3. de Orat. 



^<^,&^<0<^ SPEM PRETIO NON EMAM. "=S*g><=§>^>=s*g: 







WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. 



Plerumque hominum proprium est quod ratione difficile cognoscunt, id sibi 
cupiditate et spe facile fingere. — Fransc. Giucciard. Hist. lib. 4. 

We readily believe what we wish. Our wishes are fathers to our thoughts. We 
believe unwillingly that which we do not wish. 

Fortune is fond of change; she allows herself to be possessed, and she escapes from 
us. Dost thou suffer from her fickleness \ Learn to bear it with patience — Pvthagoras. 



God's Providence, alike in the Smiles and Frowns of Fortune. ^ 


Ferendum et Sperandum. ~ 



HpHAT Fortune is so changeful in her moods, 

Is scarcely to be blam'd in such degree 
As we are wont to hear. 
Did we but put the question to ourselves ; 
We, who do change each moment of our lives I — 
In her so fickle nature we should see 
That which our changeful nature best befits. 
The only diff'rence lies therein ; that we 
Find Fortune's changes more abrupt and loud 
Than those which daily in ourselves take place : 
Which like the Shadow of the Dial, mark 
Their silent progress — but a progress still, 
Not the less certain that it seem to us 

Less evident, because insensible ! 
Yet, mutative in body as in mind, 

With faculties that change with ev'ry day 

Their pow'r t' enjoy, or estimate aright 
The lights and shades which fall across our path ; 
We still repine ungrateful for the Light, 
And deem the Shadows more than we can bear : 
And this withal, forgetful of that Power 
Who in His Wisdom, wiser far than we, 
Knew best what our frail nature would befit, 
To make us that He will'd that we should be. 

With humble joy bear Fortune's transient smile, 

Nor let her frown to discontent beguile : 

With stedfast Hope, Columbus-like, at last 

Thou'lt find the New World when the storm is pass'd. 

FINCHE VI E FIATO VI E SPERAN2A. 



THOUGH THE BIRD'S IN THE NET, 



fW/ HEN as my Light with beames did brightly fhine, 
Vw And ftarre-light was but equall unto mine ; 

I was in great requeft and fet above, 

Was deare to all, who faw me, did me love : 

Now breathing fighes, and languishing I grone : 

I'm hatefull to my felfe, belov'd of none. 

If once againe my light beginne to burne, 

With it my light and honour mail returne. 

When Fortune ftanding on her flippery ball, 

Doth favour, then are we admir'd of all ; 

But if me frowne, then flatterers flye away, 

No friends abide, if once your meanes decay : 

O but if Fortune change, and fmile againe, 

Then fawne thefe flatterers, and beare up your traine. 

Much like the Sea thefe Clients flote and flow ; 

And Fortune turnes her coat, at every fhow. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




55^s*^ IT MAY GET AWAY YET. is>^^>© 



S^ LOVE IS THE LOADSTONE OF LOVE. "&*& 



Amor, ut Pila, vices exigit. 




LOVE, LIKE A BALL, REQUIRES TO BE 
THROWN BACK. 

| AIDEN fair ! if you would learn 

Well to play this pleafant game ; 
You muft ftrike in quick return, 

So that I may do the fame. 
Should you fail to ftrike at all, 

And that I make play alone, 
Then the fhuttle's fure to fall, 

And the game at once is done. 



3WEET IS THE LOVE THAT MEETS RETURN. 





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Amor enim Beneficii anima. — Vid. Seneca de Benef. 






Divinissimus est, quern redamare piget prius amantem. 






August, de Amove divino, 




LOVE WILL CREEP WHERE IT CANNOT GO. 





LOVE IS THE TOUCHSTONE OF VIRTUE. 






Ama a chi t'ama, 






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Antwoord dieje vraegt, 






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Answer him who calls unto you, 






And love him who brings Love to you. 






Una mano lava l'altra, e le due lavano il viso. 






L'une main lave l'autre, et les deux le visage. 






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LOVE AND HARDSHIP LIKE NO FELLOWSHIP. 





3r^ FOLLOW LOVE AND IT WILL FLEE:-®^ 

|if HEN I this wifht-for light to tinne defire, 
W I proftrate crave it from this flaming fire ; 

From whence if light come not in fitting time, 

I am confum'd before the light be mine. 

Whofe meanes are fmall, whom Fortune favours not, 
They take their patrons mercy for their lot ; 
To them their fupplications they direct, 
Attending {till with homage and refpect ; 
Delay undo'th them, makes them fpend their oyle, 
Their hopes grow lefTe, and greater is their toyle ; 
Unleffe their Patrons timely fhew their love : 
For gifts, by timely giving, double prove. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




FLEE LOVE. AND IT WILL FOLLOW THEE. 



LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. 



Qui Captat, Capitur. 




THE BITER BITTEN. 

ILWIGH up in air, the fea-mew fpies 
WK An oyfter lying on the ftrand, 
Gaping with open fhell t' inhale 

The lummer breeze from off the land. 
To feize the lufcious morfel quick — 
With fudden fwoop and deadly pick, 
The fea-bird darts his horny beak 

Between the oyfter's fhell : 



HOLD-FAST IS A GOOD DOG. 



FORCE WITHOUT FORE-CAST IS OF LITTLE AVAIL. 

But clofing on it quick as thought, 
The bird is by the oyfter caught ! 

And nipped fo tight and well ; 
That drive and ftruggle as he may, 
To free his beak, and get away ; 
He keeps him captive, firmly bound, 
Till with return of tide he's drowned. 
Who to themfelves would all appropriate 
Of that they fee, deferve the fea-mew's fate ; 
Nor doth he fail to meet it, foon or late, 
Whofe nofe is thruft in everybody's plate. 



The Event is often different from the Intent. 

F\EFEATING our intent and expectation, 

In strange reverse of that we think to see ; 
When certain most, — we find ourselves mistaken, 

And he is caught, who would the catcher be. 
To curb the pride and malice of man's nature, 

'Twas wise ordained, that he should sometimes see- 
In his own toils the hunter captive taken ; 

And he despoiled, who would the spoiler be ; — 
The evil doer, 'gainst his calculation, 

By his own mischief foiled and hurt, alone, 
The slander of a neighbour's reputation, 

Recoil with deeper wound upon his own. 



The fame in another Jenfe. 

Konst van bcwarcn, gaet voort vcrgaren. 
How to retain, is more than how to gain. 

'TpHE mew is in a fix, as we have seen; 

With beak well jamm'd the oyster's shells 1 
But what avails the shell-fish his success ? 
Strange case it is — yet nothing less than true, 
His very fortune causes him distress, 
&or knows he with his capture what to do ! 
A very load to him, a trouble quite, 
The catcher would be well rid of the caught, 
'Tis almost 'gainst his grain to hold him tight — 
Yet, to let go — were perhaps with peril fraught ! 
Just so in life, whom management doth fail, 
Success nor riches to their good avail. 



S=<^5?^ A HASTY MAN NEVER WANTS WOE.'Srf^ 



FORTUNAM CITIUS REPERIAS QUAM RETINEAS. 



LJARM seek, harm find. 

As you sow, so you must reap. 
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. 

Qui mal cherche, mal trouve. 

Ut sementem feceris, ita metes. — Cicero. • 

Comme on fait son lit on se couche. 

Tute hoc introisti, tibi omne est exedendum. — Terence. 



'"PHE Power and the Riches acquired by a life of anxious toil, slip not unfrequently 
from their possessor's hands, from defective government, or mismanagement : 
because it is easier to acquire power and to gain wealth than to keep and use them 
prudently when gotten. An especial virtue is needful to this, more than is required 
for the gradual heaping up of riches. 



(D Non labore, Jed munificentid Domini. 

Not by labour, but by the bleliing of the Lord. 

HP HE oyster without change of place, or toil, 

Prospers in peace, and easy takes his spoil : 
The sea-mew, restless, sweeps the shore and main 
In quest of food, and, little oft to gain : 
The oyster toils but little, yet he thrives ; 
Z j The sea-mew, less from his great toil derives ; 

And so all labour is in vain, unless 
God of His blessing doth our labour bless. 



Ecclefiaftes ix. 1 1 . 

T SAW under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, 
neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet 
favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 



'"PHE Righteousness of the upright shall deliver them : but transgressors shall be 
taken in their own naughtiness. — Proverbs xi. 6. 

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, 
when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. — -Proverbs xxv. 8. 

Without counsel, purposes are disappointed. — Proverbs xv. 22. 

He that is greedy of gain, troubleth his own house. — Proverbs xv. 27. 



FORTUNE IS EASIER TO FIND THAN TO RETAIN. 



^NG^UIRE NOT, WHAT IS IN ANOTHER'S POT. 



St^HE glaffie gulfe joyn'dwith Earth's globe in one 
* Gives waters to the rivers, loofeth none ; 
The Sunne that makes fo many glorious dayes, 
Doth loofe no light, and ftill he waft's his rayes : 
The Loadftone to the iron gives vertue rare, 
And yet no wayes his owne he doth impaire ; 
So this my torch can give to others light, 
And ftill, as is his wont, ihine perfect bright. 
Thus Divine Wifdome doth communicate 
Herfelfe, that others may participate. 
The good more common, better is, and grace 
Willi eth, all were partakers of her cafe. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




3=^=, EVERY MAY-BE HATH A MAY-BE-NOT. -=S*<£ 



AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO THE TREE'S INCLINED. 



Rami cor recti rectificantur ; trabs minim}. 




THE BRANCHES MAY BE TRAINED, BUT NOT 
THE TRUNK. 

iffijfS I want wood to build a houfe, 
I* I would cut down this tree : 

'Tis a fine ftem, although in truth 
It fomewhat crooked be. 
I've funk this pole, in hopes to bend 
It fomewhat ftraighter by ; 



AND WHITE PAPER TAKE ANY IMPRESSION. 



TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO. 



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Yet fear, though I the trunk e'en with 

A hundred withies tie — 
(It is fo ftiff in heart and growth,) 

That it will never take 
A better fhape, whatever be 

The efforts I may make. 
But while here on the ladder, I 

Some perfon hear below ! — 
Some voice unknown that calls to me, 

Holloa ! up there ! holloa ! 
And fomehow (why I know not) I 

Leave off to hear what he 
Has got to fay, and this is the 

Difcourfe he holds to me : 
Eh ! man, what art about ? wouldft bend 

A full grown tree like this ! 
Doft take it for a fapling, eh ?— 

Why what's with thee amifs ! 
There is no fenfe in what thou do'ft, 

So fpare thy labour, friend; 
'Tis only when the tree is young 

That thou the ftem canft bend ! 
Go, get thee home, and rather let 

Thy children have thy care : 
The labour that thou here beftow'ft, 

Were better given there. 
Thofe are the trees whofe growth once fet 

Will give thee moft concern ; 
And from th' experience of my years, 

This leffon thou may 'ft learn : 
In tender youth alone, the mind 

To Virtue can be trained ; 
But that once pafs'd, its growth and bend 

Are not to be reclaim'd. 



THE above adage is taken from the collection of Arabic sayings collected and 

translated by the learned Polyglot D. Erpenius, who was Professor in the high 

school of Leyden. This saying admonishes all parents and guardians that the years 



csx^^sx^ VIEIL ARBRE MAL AISE A REDRESSER. <=§>^-®^ 





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should be had to them for that purpose. "Bend the neck of thy child whilst he 






is yet young, so that he become not stiff-necked," saith the Lord. Many sayings of 






our time, either in word or spirit, and frequently in both, correspond with that divine 






admonition. In allusion hereto, Scaliger in his day, cited in his Collection of Proverbs 






as coincident in meaning the French adage : 






Vieil arbre mal aise a. redresser. 






Alte Baume sind bbse zu biegen. 






Alte Hunden boss biindig zu machen. 






Old dogs are hard to train. 






'T moet vroeg krommen dat een goede reep worden sal. 






To make a good rope it must be bent early. 




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Tipovra 2' opdovv, (pXavpov, os veos triaoi. 

Aristoph. apud Suidam. 

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Erigere durum est, qui cadit juvenis, senem. 
Annosam arborem transplantare. Eodau sensu adagiitm refertur ab Erasmo. 

Castigar vieja, y espulgar pellon, dos rivancos, son. 

Tis Education forms the common mind; 
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. 

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AS YOU SOW, YOU SHALL REAP. 



CT^ HOU goeft about mifchiefe and ftill doft feare, 
^ Lead this my light 'gainft thee mould witnefle beare ; 

So having put me out thou think'ft to worke 

Thy will, and yet in fecret ftill to lurke. 

Thou art deceiv'd, the darkneffe of this cell 
Containes a light, that fees the loweft hell. 
But thou a Want, canft not perceive this light, 
Neither difcerne Sun-mine from cloudy night. 
Then malt thou fee it, when the Deity 
Shall kindle that fparke which in thy breaft doth ly. 
What e're thou doft, looke to that Light which made 
All Lights, and mines as day in midnight fhade. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




^■^ WE LEARN BY TEACHING. 



&<^<&x^<£*^<&<$*&^ EXTREMES MEET. '^>&' 1 §rg* ! §>g*s*&^*& 



Als morsige lieden Kuys worden, soo schuerense de Panne van achteren. 




WHEN SLQYENLY SERVANTS GET TIDY, THEY POLISH 
THE BOTTOMS OF THE SAUCEPANS. 

| OOK at thefe Girls ! — When they firft came to me, 
W They were fo fluttifh and untidy both, 
I never had a faucepan fit to fee, 

And fcarcely ever a clean kitchen cloth. 
But now it is a pleafure to behold ; 

They are become fo wondrous clean and neat ; 



NEITHER A LOG, NOR A STORK, OOOD JUPITER. 



TOO MUCH IS STARK NAUGHT. 

I never have to rate them, nor to fcold, 

Nor ever now an order to repeat. 
They're fcouring, fcrubbing things continually, 

'Tis rare indeed fuch girls as them to meet ; 
Their kitchen's quite a palace, as you fee, 

And look, their dreffer ! ifn't it a treat ? 
They never now require to be told 

A fingle thing : and, what is even more, 
I'm often now almoft obliged to fcold, 

They've got fo over nice, 'tis quite a bore ! 
They're now what I call cleanly to excefs, 

And make themfelves more work than need be made ; 
So much, that oft I'd rather fee a mefs, 

That I might have fome reafon to upbraid. 
There, look ! 'tis quite ridiculous to fee 

Thofe pans and kettles which they're fcrubbing fo ; 
Although I've faid it don't require to be, 

They clean the very bottoms of them too ! 
'Tis juft the way with foolifh people all, 

When once their old bad habits they forfake, 
In th' oppofite extreme too oft they fall, 

And of a virtue then a folly make. 



The Spendthrift, when he takes to fave, a Mifer oft becomes, 

And, where he fquander'd thoufands once, will make his meal of crumbs. 
The niggardly, when he the part of liberal would play, 

Is generous beyond his means, to give, to lend, or pay. 
But both are in excefs, and act in oppofition quite 

To Senfe and Reafon's rules for doing e'en the thing that's right. 
So be advifed by me, my friends, and keep within the mean ; 

The path of Light, the line of Right, lies all extremes between. 



T)OR Medio y no caereys. 
Allez par le Milieu, et vous ne tomberez. 

Medio tutissimus ibis. 

Il n'y a banquet que de chiches. 

TOO MUCH BREAKS THE BAG. 



S*S*S*S* TOO TOO WILL IN TWO. -^^^^ 



Zu wenig und zu viel 
Verderbet alle Spiel. 
Zu viel ist ungesund. 

Al zu scharff macht schartig. 

Il molto e'l poco. 
Rompe le giuoco. 

Ni tan hermosa que mate, 
Ni tan fea que espante. 
Ni tant belle, qu'elle tue : 
Ni tant laide, qu'elle espouvente 

Noch y ! noch fy. 

Ogno bel givoco vuol durar poco. 
Tien la Strada di mezzo. 

Perge via media : medium tenuere beati. 

Qui commence a etre liberal, devient prodigue. 

Baullu curium etion vetra mensaran carnadu. — Turkish Adage. 

Omnis intemperantia est a tota mente ac a recta ratione defectio. — Cicero. 

Incidit in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim. — Lathi Proverb. 

Id arbitror adprime in vita esse utile " ne quid nimis" — Terence. 



Avoid Extremes. 

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother 

About one Vice, and fall into another ; 

Betwixt excess and famine lies a mean; 

Plain, but not sordid ; though not splendid, clean. — Pope. 



Never 

' I 'HE Wise never speak in the superlative, for that mode of speech always offends 
either Truth or Prudence. Exaggerations are so many prostitutions of reputation, 
inasmuch as they expose the shallowness of the understanding and the bad taste of 
the speaker. Exaggeration is a species of lying; he who exaggerates shews himself to 
be a man of bad taste, and, what is worse, a man of mean intellect. — Gracian. 



TOO MUCH CORDIAL WILL DESTROY. 



TOO MUCH COURTESY, TOO MUCH CRAFT. 

1 I Y Light into a fnuffe is almoft turn'd, 

J) And now the candle to fmoaking allies burn'd, 

Behold another Light (bands ready by, 

Which to enjoy my place will make me dye. 

Yet not unpuniih'd it puts out my breath, 

My very afb.es doe revenge my death. 

So doth the fonne his Father make away, 

If not with fword, with griefe, before his day, 

That he his Fathers goods and meanes may joy, 

Which Nemefis revenging doth convoy. 

For oft the fpendthrifts goods fo evill gotten 

Are fpent before his Fathers bones are rotten. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




DO BUSINESS, BUT BE NOT A SLAVE TO IT. 



PROSPERITY GAINS FRIENDS, 



When the Wind ferves, all aid. 




GREASE THE FAT SOW ! 

HO claimeth kindred with the Poor ? " 
So few ! that 'twas the reafon why 
The queftion was firft put, no doubt, — 

And truly ! it doth much imply. 
Replete with meaning are thofe words, 
Though few — to picture and exprefs 
In time of yore, as even now, 
Man's all-abforbing felfifhnefs. 



ADVERSITY TRIES THEM. 



CHANGE OF FORTUNE IS THE LOT OF LIFE. 

The lage* who faid in antient days : 

" When the ftrong-box contains no more, 
And that the kitchen fire is out, 

Both friends and flatt'rers fhun the door," 
Attefted then, what even now 

Is daily feen on every hand : 
The profperous in life, alone 

Have proffer'd fervice at command. 
5 \\Let Fortune with propitious winds 

Waft but the laden bark to fhore, 
He finds a hoft of helping friends, 

Who never had a friend before. 
Beyond his need on ev'ry fide, 

He fees unafk'd-for fympathy ; 
Officious zeal to help and aid 

The tide of his profperity. 
" Greafe the fat fow ! all help ! all aid ! " 
^ On ev'ry hand the harpies cry ; 

O 'Tis eafy rowing in the wake 

Of others' toil and induftry ! 

Thus 'tis in life, we conftant fee 

The Drones and Idlers of our kind, 
Prey on the labours of the Bee, 

And fatten on what others find : 
The Foxes of the human race, 

The Beavers of their own defpoil ; 
Craft, lord it in poor Merit's place, 

And take the credit of his toil. 



T^ONEC eris felix, multos numerabis amicos : 

Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris. 
Aspicis ut veniant ad Candida tecta columbae, 
Accipiat nullas sordida turris aves 1 



ALL IS LUCK OR ILL LUCK IN THIS WORLD. 



A' THINGS HAE AN END, AN' A PUDDING HAS TWA. 



Horrea formicas tendunt ad inania nunquam : 

Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes. 
Utque comes radios per solis euntibus umbra est : 

Cum latet hie pressus nubibus, ilia fugit : 
Mobile sic sequitur fortunse lumina vulgus : 

Quae simul inducta nube teguntur, abit. — Ovid, i. Trist. 8. 

Granaro vuoto formica non frequenta. — Italian Proverb. 

Op ledige solders en komen geen Kalanders. — Dutch Proverb. 

Wer da liegt, iiber dem lauft alle Welt hin. — German Proverb. 

Parente con parente 
Guai a chi non ha niente. 



U. Vrienden sijn vrienden, maer wee diese van doen heeft. 



A bon vent chaque sainct aide. 

In borsa serrata, amico non si trova. 

Vrienden in der noot 
Vier-en-twintigh in een loot. 

Felicium omnes consanguinei. 

Men kent geen vrient als in der noot; 
Den rijeken na den doot. 

Dieweil die Henn' Eier legt, legt man ihr auch. — Old German Proverb. 

While the Pot boils, Friendship blooms. 

In Prosperity Friends are numerous and cheap. 

Infelicium nulli sunt affines. 

L' homme pauvre est toujours en pais etranger. — Juan Rufo, Apoph. 541. 

The Vulgar find Friends neither in Prosperity nor Adversity : because in the former 
they know nobody, and that in Adversity nobody will know them.— Gracian. 

Interest makes all seem Reason that leads to it. — Dryden, Sec. Love. 

The noblest Friendship ever shown, 
The Saviour's history makes known, 

Though some have turned and turned it : 
And whether being crazed or blind, 
Or seeking with a biassed mind, 

Have not, it seems, discerned it. — Cowper. 

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THE MORE SERVANTS, THE WORSE SERVICE. 



HILST I did fhine fierce Boreas put me out, 
Againe he kindles me at the fecond bout : 
As fometimes did the clowne, now Boreas doth, 
Both heat and cold he breatheth from his mouth, 
The billow whom it caft into the maine, 
Returning threw him in the Shippe againe ; 
Fortune throwes downe, then raifeth from the ground ; 
Achilles fpeare doth cure whom it did wound. 
LofTes prove good to fome; whom Greece condemnd, 
The Perfian for his vallour could commend. 
Be not carl downe, difpaire not at mifchance, 
God who hath crorTed thee, will thee advance. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




c^O^SKS^^ TIME PAST NEVER RETURNS. "S^-s^^g: 



TOO MUCH FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT. 



Faites feste au chien, il te gastera ton habit. 




PLAY WITH THE DOG, AND HE'LL SPOIL YOUR 
CLOTHES. 



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\* In full Court fuit, I coax'd our Tray, 




And with each friendly pat and ftroke, 




The ufual words of kindnefs fpoke ; 




He in return for my carefs, 




Sprang up, unmindful of my drefs, 





CeX^ [_A FAMIL.IARITE ENGENDRE l_ E MEPRIS. 



S§?<^ PLAY WITH AN ASS, AND HE ^=2= 

And with his dirty feet and nofe 
Befmear'd my handfome cloak and hofe. 
In fpite of all that I could fay, 
To keep in bounds his ruthlefs play ; — 
Grown bolder ftill, the vexing brute, 
As though intent to fpoil my fuit, 
Jump'd up again — my fhoe-ties foil'd, 
My fatin knee-bows fray'd and fpoil'd ; 
Till finding all my chiding vain, 
His wanton fondnefs to reftrain ; 
In wrath I kick'd th' unmanner'd hound, 
And laid him fprawling on the ground, 
h As with the brute, with man no lefs. 

The friendfhip of th' uncultur'd mind 
Is irkfome oft, from fheer excefs 
Of zeal to do the thing that's kind. 
However friendly you may be 
Difpos'd your ferving-man to treat, 

Let not your partiality 
D Be fhewn beyond the bound that's meet : 

With equal care your fondnefs fhew, 
When you your child or dog carefs ; 
For both alike as little know, 
How far the friendfhip may tranfgrefs, 
That ruffles felf-love through the Drefs. 




^ "DURLAOS con el asno, daros ha en la barba con el rado. 

^ Cria corvo, y sacar te hal el ojo. — Old Spanish Proverb. 

Les enfans et serviteurs il ne les faut mignarder, si tu veux en jouir. 
Faites feste au chat, il vous sautera au visage. 
Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum. 
II troppo conversar partorisce dispregio. 

Nulli te facias nimis sodalem. 

Gaudebis minus 1 Et minus dolebis. — Martial. 

Jamais trop compagnon a nul ne te feras : 

Car bien que moins de joye, moins d'ennuy tu auras. 



WILL WHISK HIS TAIL IN YOUR FACE. 



&<^,^<&,^&<p^^<^ DO NOT SPUR A FREE HORSE. -®*^§>=^'=S>^^S-=§>=S; 



Chose accoustumee 
N'est pas fort prise'e. 

A casa de tu tia, 
Mas no cada dia : 
A caso de tu hermano, 
Non iras cada ferano. 
A la maison de ta tante, 
Mais pas tous les jours : 
A la maison de ton frere • 
Mais non tous les soirs: 

Ale Iwporum catulos. 
TN eos qui laeduntur ab iis, de quibus bene meriti sint, aut in ingratos. Nam plerunque 
solet id usu venire illis, qui catulos luporum enutriunt. — Erasm. in Adagio. 
Qui se fait brebis, le loup le mange : 
Qui se fait porceau, se met dans la fange : 
Amignotte ton enfant, et il te donnera maint effroy : 
Joue-toi avec lui, et il te contristera. 
Ne te joue point avec un homme mal appris. 

TN reverse sense of what has been said above, the Hebrew proverb saith, " If your 
friend be sugar you must not eat him all up," i. c. that we must not require too 
much of those who are willing to serve us ; that we should never misuse any one's 
courtesy ; nor over-ride a willing horse : 

CHOULD any ask the reason why 
I use nor whip nor spurs to ply 

The mare I ride 1 — It is that she 

Requires nor whip nor spur from me : 

Because her mettle is so good, 

And she's so willing in her mood, 

That since I've her bestrode, I ne'er 

Found her dispos'd her legs to spare. 

For whip or spur no use I see 

Whene'er a horse goes willingly : 

And this I hold : — From horse nor man 

That willing gives, take all you can : 

Nor is he wise who tries his friend 

Beyond his will to give or lend. 

Who overloads his ass, no less 

T' obtain his wish the worst way chooses : 

His ass stands still from sheer distress, 
And greed of gain the market loses ! 



IL NE FAUT PRENDRE DE SON AMI TOUT CE S|U'ON PEUT. 



MEN KAN'T KINT WEL TE VEEL WIEGEN. 



1y OW Boreas puffing in his boiftrous ire, 

J ^ Blows as he were to kindle Vulcans fire : 

He doth undoe me by his churlifhnefle, 

I am confumed more, and mine the lefTe : 

He fpends his labour, fo I lofe mine oyle, 

As no wayes fit to undergoe fuch toyle. 

You beat the Afle ling'ring under his load, 
The generous Horfe deferveth not a goad : 
The Mufes fonnes cannot away with lames, 
Which are more fitting for Arcadian afTes. 
Each ftrength within his limits, Nature bounds, 
Which who fo pafTeth, Nature he confounds. 

Farlie's Emblems. 



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BEES TOUCH NO FADING FLOWERS. 

T" HE Rofe round which of late in fuch difport, 
So many came t' admire and to court; 
With drooping head now mourns that fhe fhould be 
By all forfaken fhe was wont to fee. 
No gentle Zephyr now as yefter-noon, 
Comes near to revel in her fweet perfume ; 



THE FADED ROSE NO SUITOR KNOWS. 



WEALTH MAKES WORSHIP. 

No Butterfly with wings of varied hue, 
Now hovers near, and flays his flight to view 
Her full-blown beauties — nor as hitherto, 
To kifs from off her breaft the pearly dew : 
No tuneful Bee* now hies on eager wing, 
His admiration of her charms to fing, 
Nor longer feeks to rifle and to ftp 
The honied treafures of her fragrant lip. 
And why is this? — the reafon foon is told: 
Nor Butterflies nor Bees are grown more cold — 
But thou, poor Rofe !— 'tis thou art growing old ! 
Thy beauties in their prime but yefterday ; — 
To-day, alas ! are fading fafl: away ! 
Yield thee to Love, fweet youth, while youth is thine ; 
Seek thee a mate e'er yet thy youth decline, 
Nor make delay to love, to woo and wed, 
Till Age has ftrewn its fnows upon thine head. 
Of Life's beft years wafte not the richer!: bloom 

^ In fruitlefs ufe, for Time is Beauty's tomb ; — 

Youth, Strength, and Beauty have not long to flay, 
To-day they're thine — to-morrow pafs'd away ! 



A MARE juveni fructus, crimen seni. — Senec in Proverb. 

Desine, dulcium 

Mater saeva Cupidinum, 

Circa lustra decern flectere mollibus 

Tarn durum imperiis. Abi 

Quo blandse juvenum te revocant preces. — Horace. 

In Caducum Parietem non inclinandum 
TXyHEN the fresh rose first opens to the day, 

"Pis wooed by all that love round flowers to play : 
But when it droops and all its bloom is o'er. 
No Bee then seeks it for its honey more. 



cidis floribus abstinere solent : mortuis, ait Plin 



POVERTY TRIETH FRIENDS. 



PROSPERITY GAINS FRIENDS, ADVERSITY TRIES THEM. 



So fares it ever with the rich and great 
To poverty reduc'd by adverse Fate : 
Few know them then, or their acquaintance boast; 
Not even those who fawn'd on them the most, 
Smil'd when they smil'd, and made without a" cause 
Each look and word their subject for applause ; 
In sordid worship of that wealth and state 
Which grov'lling minds then pay towards the great. 
Then like the Rose deserted by the Bee, 
When all its wealth of sweets has pass'd away, 
Each shuns the fall'n, nor merit more can see 
In him whose call they truckl'd to obey. 



A/TY lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar 
off. — Psalm xxxviii. n. 

Many will entreat the favour of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that 
giveth gifts ; [But] all the brethren of the poor do hate him : how much more do his 
friends go far from him? — Prov. xix. 6, 7. 

Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy 

affliction. In thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants : 

[But] if thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy 
face. — Ecclesiastiais vi. 10 — 12. 

A friend cannot be known in prosperity, and an enemy cannot be hidden in 
adversity. In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved, but in his adversity 
even a friend will depart. — Ibid. xii. 8, 9. 

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. 

Prov. xix. 4. 

There is a companion which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the 
time of trouble will be- against him. There is a companion which helpeth his friend 
for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.— Ecclesiasticus xxxvii. 4, 5. 

Where the carcase is, there the eagles will be gathered together. — Matt. xxiv. 28. 



Cum Fortuna manet vultum servatis amici, 
Cum cedit, turpi vertitis ora fuga. — Ovid. 



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FLATTERERS HAUNT NOT COTTAGES. 

HEN as my Light much like an ev'ning ftarre, 
Did caff, his glittering beames both neare and farre ; 

Then light me glorious, flame me dreadfull made, 

And none injurioufly durft me upbraide ; 

But when my Light into a muffe did turne, 

And cloth'd with darkeneffe, I did ceafe to burne, 

Loe how without defence I naked ftand, 

Thus torne and rent by this devouring band. 
Glory, as envy, fo it terrour lends 
To Mortals : Majefty it felfe defends ; 
But after treacherous Fortune flies away, 
To an unarmed dwarfe its made a prey. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




MEN USE TO WORSHIP THE RISING SUN. 



S^ONE ILL EXAMPLE SPOILS MANY GOOD. -^ 



Pomme pourrie gate sa compagnie. 




ONE ROTTEN APPLE INFECTS ALL IN THE BASKET. 

FAIR Maid! who comes fo oft this way, 
Your fruit of me to buy ! 
In guerdon of your kindnefs, pray ! 

Before my fruit you try, — 
Give ear to what I have to fay, 

For I would fervice do 
To fuch as buy of me to-day, 
Good cuftomers like you ! 



ONE MANGY SHEEP SPOILS A WHOLE FLOCK. 



BETTER BE ALONE THAN IN BAD COMPANY. 

Full many years have I fold fruit, 

And well its nature know ; 
As that of ev'ry herb and root, 

That in the garden grow ; — 
And this I've found, and heard it too 

From all who fruit have grown, — 
" However fine and frefh to view, 

The good, keep beft alone." 
No rotten pear, however flight 

The token of decay, 
But foon as e'er it meets the fight, 

It fhould be thrown away : 
For be the damage e'er fo fmall, 

In little time, I've known 
The taint will often fpread to all, 

From that one pear alone. 
I've had of Jargonels a lot, 

As found as fruit could be, 
All from one apple take the rot, 

And prove fad lofs to me. 
Nor is there fruit that ever grew, 

When fpoil'd in any part, 
But foon fpoils all that's near it too, 

So take thefe truths to heart : 
A tainted grape the bunch may fpoil ; 

A mildew'd ear, the corn in fhock ; 
A fcabby fheep, with rot and boil, 

Infedt and kill the fineft flock. 
Hence, maiden, I would have you know 
The ill that evil contact brings 
To all the fineft fruits that grow, 
And faireft maids, like other things. 
Seek only all that's good to learn ; 
Thine ears from evil counfel turn; — 
For all the more the fruit is fair, 
The greater is its need of care. 



3E CAUTIOUS IN CHOOSING THY COMPANIONS. 





<S^UI SE COUCHE AVEC LES CHIENS SE LEVE AVEC LES PUCES. 






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character of a person, if one diligently observes the kind of society he most 






frequently keeps : 






For two of a kind, whate'er they be, 






Are forthwith certain to agree : 






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Unius scabie cadit, et porrigine porci : 

Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva. — Juvenal, Sat. 2. 

Wer unter den Wolfen ist, muss mit ihnen heulen. 

Ein reudig Schaf macht die ganze Heerde reudig. 

Ein schurft schaep maeckt'er veel. 

Die by de kreupelen woont, leert hincken. 

Vuyle gronden bederven de Kabels. 

Die met den goeden omme gaet, 

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KEEP YOURSELF FROM OPPORTUNITIES, 



12! LAME goes to heav'n, from whence it once did come, 
^ Bids earth adue, and what it hath therefrom. 
The fnuffe to afhes, fmoake turnes into ayre ; 
Light's beauty 's gone, which fometime was fo faire ; 
When Death had giv'n his laft and fatall blow, 
Our foule to Heaven, our Earth to earth doth goe ; 
Riches and honours, which it once did love, 
The Soule now lothes ; and feekes to dwell above. 
Learne, Mortals, all falfe pleafures to contemne, 
And treafures, which the foule muft once condemne : 
Seeke rather for the graces of the minde, 
Which you your convoy to the Heaven will finde. 

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AND GOD WILL KEEP YOU FROM SINS. 



EVERY SUITOR IS NOT A HEART-BREAKER. 



Tangor, non Frangor, ab undis. 




I AM TOUCHED, NOT BROKEN BY THE WAVES. 

cf T ev'ry feftive board th' admir'd gueft, 
tl> At ev'ry Ball the partner in requeft ; 

'Mid Fafhion's throng wherever thou art feen, 
Th' acknowledg'd faireft type of Beauty's Queen : 
And yet — with all this tribute to thy grace, 
This fervent homage of thy form and face ; 
Unmov'd, unchang'd, thou art in all the fame 
As heretofore ; — nor Love, nor praife, nor blame, 



AI_I_E AANSPRECKERS, GEEN H ERT E-BRE KERS. 





BIEN TE BAIGNE, MAIS SANS MELANGE. 






To thee or pleafure or annoy impart- — 






Such is the icy coldnefs of thine heart ! 






That thou art thus, explains full well to me, 






What I once deem'd mere fabulous to be : 






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And, when I sigh, she says; I know the art; 

And, when I wail, she turns herself to laughter. 

So do I weep, and wail, and plead in vain, 

While she as steel and flint doth still remain. — Edmund Spenser. 

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Discite in hoc mundo, supra, mundum esse ; et si corpus geritis, volitet in vobis 
ales interior. — Ambros. de Virg. 

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in 
the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in 
the world. -Philip, ii. 15. 

And they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world 
passeth away. — 1 Corinth, vii. 31. 


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HE WHO CAN WAIT OBTAINS WHAT HE WISHES. 





HE WHO DEMANDS DOES NOT COMMAND. 



HEN thou in darkeneffe of the night didft blaze, 
I could not without envy on thee gaze ; 

But when the Cyclop Titan comes in fight, 

There is no ods twixt darkenefle and thy light : 

I doe not envy thee, although thou mine; 

No glor' I have, nor is the glory thine. 

As lightfome bodyes doe a maddow give ; 
So glory without envy cannot live : 
When greater glory doth the meane fupprefle, 
It likewife takes the envy from the lefle. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




2«^ CHI DIMANDA NON COMMANDA. ^^ 



LIKE TO LIKE, AND NAN TO NICHOLAS. 



Vogelen van eener veer en vliegen geern fjamen. 




BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. 



HAT ! are you then in earned:, friend ? 
Oh, no ! — it cannot be : 
It's quite impoffible that you 

Should think of courting me ! 
Indeed you'd better take your love 

Elfewhere ; for fure am I, 
We are by no means fuited for 
The Matrimonial tie. 



S*S^K&,-2r^ LIKE WILL TO LIKE. ^^-S>=^'S>^ 





CHACUN CHERCHE SON SEMBLABLE. 




You ! who by all are faid to be 




A roving, ruffling blade — 






And I, as ev'ry body knows, 






A quiet, gentle maid. 
From early youth accuftom'd to 

The peaceful joys of home, 
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Love feafting, wine and riot, 

And are giv'n much to play : 
You know no reft, and to your mind 

No moment hath fuch charms, 
As when the drum or trumpet fhrill 

Calls all the Camp to arms. 
Methinks fome Trooper's daughter were 

For you a fitter bride, 
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SE MARIER ET FAIRE COMPARAISON, 

Can fwing a fword and trail a pike, 

Nor to the beft one yield. 
Who when fhe hears the cannon roar, 

Would ftand unmov'd by fear, 
And fay, what others terrifies 

Is mufic to her ear. 
Such is the Bride would fuit you beft, 

The Wife whom you would find 
Moft fuited to your habits, 

And your rougher tone of mind. 
Who without dread would pafs her hand 

Upon your Rapier's blade, 
And bid you fight until you fell, 

And 'neath the turf were laid : 
But I who am a timid thing, 
Q Who even fear the fmoke 

Of Petronel and Arquebus, 

Much lefs the cannon's ftroke ; 
Who fee in you alone what would 

Make me much mifery, 
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Look but around and you will fee 



Where'er you turn your eye, 
The Birds which on the water fwim, 

And thofe which foar on high — ■ 
All choofe their mates as moft befeems, 

And concord every where ; 
Each woos his like, as it fhould be, 

And like with like doth pair. 
Nought can induce the Dove to take 

The Eagle for her mate, 
The Partridge to the Buzzard-hawk 

Will never link her fate ; 
The Raven black weds not the Swan, 

'Twas not by Nature meant, 
For " Like with like " alone, my friend, 

Can give the heart content. 

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ENTRE GENS DE MEME NATURE 



THIS waxen torch is able to endure 
The winds, when iEolus puts them in ure ; 
It leads the way in darkneffe of the night, 
And, though the ferene fall, it fhewes his Light : 
The candle ftill lurks at home, and there doth mow 
Its light, not caring how the winds doe blow, 
This as the houfes joy at home doth ftay, 
The other ftill abroad doth make his way. 

The hardy hufband from his houfe goes forth, 
Seeking to compafle bufinefs of worth ; 
He failes by rockes and fands, earely and late 
He toiles, and feekes to purchafe an eftate : 
The wife at home much like a fnaile me fits 
On hous-wifry employing all her wits : 
UlyfTes in his travels hard did fhift, 
Penelope at home did ufe her thrift. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




L'AMITIE SE FAIT ET DURE. 



5?^- EVERYTHING IS GOOD IN ITS SEASON. ^^S> 



Mite Pyrum vel Spnte Fluit. 




THE RIPE PEAR FALLS READY 
TO THE HAND. 

\%f OULD'ST early be fuccefsful in thy fuit, 

tw Nor languifh long in Love's confuming flame ?- 

In Beauty's garden, ihun the unripe fruit, 
And breathe thy pafTion to the riper dame. 
The fruit that's green clings longer! to the tree, 



WOO THE WIDOW WHILST SHE IS IN WEEDS. 







THERE IS A CRITICAL MINUTE FOR ALL THINGS. 

Nor willing yields to leave the parent fpray ; 
While that which has attain'd maturity, 
Warm'd to the core beneath the funny ray, 
Yields to the touch — and quickly comes away. 



■ Tolle cupidinem 

Immitis uvae : 
Jam te sequetur, jam proterva. 

Fronte petet Lalage maritum. — Horace, lib. 2, Car. Od. 5. 



-Primis et adhuc crescentibu: 



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T IKE unto Man whose course is nearly run, 
The Apple, ripen'd by the autumn sun, 

Yields to the touch, or to the slightest breath, 
U. And falling — is the image of his Death. 

But not alone in this the semblance lies 

Between the Man's and Apple's destinies : 
2 The ripe, in Age, part ready from the spray — 

The green, in Youth, are torn by force away. 



Un homme, une pomme. 

Nos corps, comme les fruits aux arbres attache's, 

Ou meurent, tombent en terre, ou verds sont arraches. — Du Vair's Epictetus. 

Il me semble, que la dite comparaison est propre et vive, pour exprimer la facon 
de mourir, et d'un robuste jouvenceau, qui est encore en la fleur de son age, et d'un 
bon vieil homme, qui ja va penchant vers la terre. — Du Vair. 

It is said, by the Philosopher, " Omnia quae secundum naturam sunt, sunt habenda 
in bonis." But all that happens to us contrary to the usual course of nature, is gene- 
rally considered lamentable. Cicero, who seems to share the sentiment of Epictetus, 
and who borrowed from him in his book " De Senectute," expresses himself in yet 
more elevated and impressive terms : 



5^S<V^DEATH MEETS US EVERYWHERE. 'M^S^S 



^<M^DEATH DEVOURS LAMBS AS WELL. AS SHEEP.' 



Adolescentes mihi mori sic videntur, ut aquae multitudine flammas vis opprimitur. 
Senex autem, sicut sua sponte nulla vi adhibita consumtus ignis extinguitur : et quasi 
poma ex arboribus, cruda si sint, si velluntur ; si matura et cocta, decidunt. Sicut vitam 
adolescentibus vis aufert, sic senibus maturitas. 



Quod crudum, idem et pertinax. 

HpHE fruit that's ripe, parts willing from the tree ; 

Unripe, 'tis not so willing to comply : 
Who call'd by Death resists his destiny, 
Proves most that he is unprepar'd to die. 
It is sad to die before the time : idle speech ! Before what time 1 Before that 
prescribed by Nature 1 But Nature lent life to us only, without fixing the term of 
its withdrawal. — Cicero. 



fferamus Deo pro munere., quod pro debito teneamur reddere. 

CHRYSOS. Super Matth. 

TN the hope of a better award, 

Forgetful that Life is a loan ; 

We but offer to God, as reward, 

The Life which is His — not our own. 



Our Life is taken from us but to give 
A better life wherewith in Heav'n to live ; 
Unquench'd our Spirit, by our body's death, 
Rises refresh'd to breathe with purer breath. 



The glories of our blood and state 

Are shadows, not substantial things ; 
There is no armour against fate, 
Death lays his icy hand on kings : 
Sceptre and crown 
Must tumble down, 
And in the dust be equal made 
With the poor crooked scythe and spade. — Shirley. 



We spend our years as a tale that is told. — Psalm xc. 9. 
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength 
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut 
off, and we fly away. — Ibid. 10. 



DESTINY LEADS THE WILLING, BUT DRAGS THE UNWILLING. 



THERE IS NO APPEAL FROM TIME PAST. 

HEN firft my light did mine, you lik'd me well. 

Now that is gone ; you hate my loathfome fmell ; 
You with prolongers made me live, and art 
Preferv'd my life ; but now Time acts his part : 
Triumphant Time, fhewes now my glafle is runne, 
(What way God knowes) I finde my threed is fpunne ; 
Envy hath playd its part, and I doe goe 
To Coffin : as I doe, all muft doe fo. 
Time breaths a fhrewd and life-bereaving blaft, 
Yet upward flyes my light, where it mail laft. 
I'me glad to part from body, which I lov'd 
So deere, that many wayes and arts I prov'd 
The mudwall to maintaine, and body fave, 
But yet in fpight of me 'twill go to grave. 
This is my comfort, Body, that thy tombe 
Which is thy grave, mail be thy mothers wombe, 
To bring thee once againe unto the light, 
And life, which death mall never know, or night : 
Then be content, though you and I depart : 
Yet Soule and Body ftill mail have one heart. — Farlie's Emblems. 




THERE IS NO MEDICINE AGAINST DEATH. 



LOVE IS THE LOADSTONE OF LOVE. 



Quid non fenfit amor ? 




WHO IS INSENSIBLE TO LOVE? 

BEHOLD the wond'rous fympathy between 
The firings of yonder lute, and this I play ! 
Is it not juft as though fome hand unfeen 
Swept the fame chords, and tun'd the felf-fame lay ? * 



The cause of this phenomenon is assigned by Cardanum in his 8th book De Subtilit 

Du I'leix, ill his Corps de P/ii/osop/iio, 1626, accounts for it also in nearly similar terms.— Note OF TRANSLATOR. 



'i-^AMOR REGGE ScNZA LEGGE. 



^^S^^^'ILOVE SEES NO FAULTS.'^'&S^'^ 

So lov'd one — though untouch'd by thee, I feel, 
Senfe of thy touch through all my being fteal ; 
Hear thy lov'd voice though filent thou may'ft be, 
See thy lov'd form though far away from me. 
And all the radiance of thy Beauty's light, 
Undimm'd to me by diftance, mines no lefs 
To me effulgent in my dream of night, 
As doth by day its light of loveliness. 



Vetus verbum est, similitudinem amoris auctorem esse. — Plato, lib. 6, De Leg. 

Experiential notum est arcanam quandam et occultam inter homines esse natu- 
rarum affinitatem aut odium, vel naturae quadam occulta vi, vel astrorum influential, 
vel, &c. Unde fit ut aliquis ab altero toto pectore abhorreat, in alteram verb pro- 
pensus sit, nee rogatus causam dicere posset cur hunc amet, ilium oderit, juxta illud 
Catulli, 

Non amo te, Volusi, nee possum dicere quare, 
Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. — 

Cypr. Tract, de Spons. cap. 7. 

Quid non cernit Amor ! quid non vestigat Amator ! — Beroald. 



T OVE looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, 

And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind ; 
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste, 
Wings and no eyes, figure unheedy haste ; 
And therefore is Love said to be a child, 
Because in choice he often is beguil'd. — Shakespeare. 

Things base and vile, holding no quality, 
Love can transpose to form and dignity. — Ibid. 

Ah ! I remember, — and how can I 

But ever more remember well, — when first 

Our flame began ; when scarce we knew what 'twas, 

The flame we felt ; when as we sat and sigh'd, 

And looked upon each other and conceived 

Not what we ail'd, yet something we did ail ; 

And yet were well, and yet we were not well : 

And what was our disease we could not tell. — Old Poet. 



O AMOR NAO TEM LEI. LOVE KNOWS NO LAW. 



LOVE DEMANDS FAITH, AND FAITH FIRMNESS. 



-Love refines 

The thoughts and heart enlarges : hath its seat 

In reason, and is judicious : is the scale 

By which to Heavenly love thou mayest ascend , — 

Not sunk in carnal pleasure : for which cause 

Among the beasts no mate for Love was found. — Milton. 

Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart 

An instant sunshine through the heart ; 

As if the soul that minute caught 

Some treasure it through life had sought ; 

As if the very lips and eyes 

Predestin'd to have all our sighs, 

And never be forgot again, — 

Sparkled and spoke before us then. — Moore. 

Why should I blush to own I love I 

Tis love that rules the realms above ! 

Why should I blush to say to all, 

That virtue holds my heart in thrall ? 

Is it weakness thus to dwell 

On passion that I dare not tell I 

Such weakness I would ever prove — 

'Tis painful, but 'tis sweet to love. — Kirke White. 



Gaudendum cum Gaudenti&us. 
Joying with the Joyful. 



A S lute to lute in harmony attun'd, 

Vibrates in glad response, as though it shar'd 
The joy that thrills the other's waken'd strings ; 
So let thine heart responsive share the joy 
Thy neighbour feels ; nor look with sullen eye 
On eyes where gladness beams. Learn thou from this 
To share in the delight which others feel, 
And banish rankling envy from thy breast 
When fortune smiles upon thy fellow man. — 
Learn thou from this no less his grief to soothe 
With brotherly response; for just as joy 
Gains increase more from that which it bestows, 
So grief grows less, lull'd by the soothing tones 
Of Pity's kind compassion for her woes. 



Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulne; 
right hand there are pleasures for evermore. — Psalm xvi. n. 



of joy ; at thy 



-LOVE KNOWS NOT LABOUR.x-i'M^S 



LIEBESZORN 1ST NEUER LIEBESZUNDER. 



WERO who dwelt by Hellefponticke ftrand, 
Hang'd forth a Light, Leanders marke for land, 

Whither his helmelefle courfe he fteerd and mov'd, 

Whilft he made hafte to fee his welbelov'd ; 

Which when fierce Boreas with his bluftring blaft 

Put out, he in the floods away was caft : 

So that his wedding light became a torch, 

To convoy him to Proferpines blacke porch. 

Almighty God who made all by his power, 

Holds forth his Light from the Celeftiall Tower: 

That when the ftormes our to fled soules annoy, 

It may direcl: us to our heav'nly joy. 

No florme againft this Light can fo prevaile 

But Saints unto their wifht-for Haven may faile. 

Where for their Wedding torch this Light they have, 

Which never fhall convoy them to their grave. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




LOVE'S ANGER IS FRESH FUEL TO LOVE. 



_^^^^^^^^>-S RUIN FOLLOWS PRIDE. ^^^S^^S^^-®^ 



Ut lapju graviore ruant. 




THE HIGHER THE RISE THE GREATER 
THE FALL. 

4gj? TORTOISE of ambitious mind, 
I* Such as in Men we fometimes find. 
Puff'd up with an egregious fenfe 
Of his fuperior excellence, 
Much wifh'd to change his lot on earth 
For one more fitted to his worth ; 



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IN MEDIO STAT VIRTUS. 

A range of view as high and wide 

As moft would fatisfy his pride. 

Like filver threads the rivers flow, 

And wind fome thoufand feet below: — ■ 

Like mole-hills are the mountains high — 

In vaft expanfe, Earth, fea and iky 

Lit up and flooded with a light 

Too glorious for the reptile's fight. 

Anon, the Eagle afks him how 

He liked the change from things below ? 

If higher yet he'd like to rife ? 

And felt at home ? and how the ikies 

Agreed with his abilities ? 

When lo ! the Tortoife, all difmay, 

Had not a Angle word to fay ! 

With fcornful and derifive fhriek, 

Unloofing then both claws and beak, 

The Eagle lets the Tortoife go ; 

Which, dafh'd upon the rocks below, 

Became his prey, and learnt — too late — 

The ills that on ambition wait. 

E'en fo at Courts, when men of low degree, 
And menial minds, are raifed to rank and place ; 
How oft are they uplifted but to be 
Caft down with greater force and more difgrace ! 



T^ORTUNA vitrea est ; turn, cum splendet, frangitur. — P. Syrus. 

Magna ruunt, inflata crepant, tumefacta premuntur. — Lucan. i. ver. 17. 

Summisque negatum 

Stare diu, nimioque graves sub pondere lapsus. — Syrach. iii. 12. 

Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil 
upon all flush, saith the Lord.— -Jcr. xlv. 5. 

Goo hath a special indignation at Pride, above all sins. — Bishop Hall. 



VERTU GIT AU MILIEU. 



IT'S HARD FOR AN EMPTY BAG 



|P| NE chinke there was and not another way 
For Boreas, his fury to eflay ; 

So Hectors fatall gift Ajax confounded, 

And ftob'd him where he onely could be wounded ; 

Apollo fo directed Paris dart 

To wound Achilles foote, and kill his heart. 
Death lies in ambuih like an enemy, 
And braiheth where our fconces weakeft be. 
Whether an icecle or drop of water, 
Or gnat, or Londons Scholler-killing letter. 
A thoufand trickes we fee of cunning death , 
He makes or finds a way to ftop our breath. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




c^^2r^ TO STAND UPRIGHT. ^^S^ 



REPROVE OTHERS, BUT CORRECT THYSELF. 



El corcobado ne vee su corcoba, y vee la de su compaho) 




THE HUNCHBACK SEES NOT HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE 
SEES HIS NEIGHBOUR'S. 

1[W/ ITH rare exception, almoft ev'ry one 

* * Is wondrous apt his Neighbour's faults to fee ; 
And yet, however evident his own, 

To them he's blind — or thinks that only he 

From imperfection and from fault is free. 



EVERY MAN HATH A FOOL. IN HIS SLE 



AUNG^UE NEGROS, SOMOS GENTE. 



A Hunchback here, brimfull of felf-conceit, 

Derides a fellow-Hunchback pafling by ; 
And points to him, that ev'ry one they meet 

May ridicule the man's deformity. 
Yet he himfelf; the Jeerer, what is he? — 

A crooked Dwarf, mis-fhap'd from head to toe, 
With bofs behind of fuch enormity, 

As though a mountain on his back did grow! 
And what is Man, that he would cenfor be 

Of that which Nature gave his fellow-man ! 

< In what deriving from ourfelves, are we 

| In aught entitled other men to fcan ? 

Shall we aflame in figures of our own 



To reckon up another man's account ! 

And carp at him for flaws and faults alone, 

When our own ledger fhews no fmall amount ! 

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To ev'ry man, we know to indicate 

Wherein he fails — and — ftrange fagacity ! 
To make the mod: unerring eftimate 

Of what he is — and what he ought to be ! 
But on himfelf, who turns his eye ? not one ! 
q And though fo keen our neighbour's humps to fee, 

We're blind to that upon our back alone, 

E'en though that hump by far the greater be ! 
It was not thus, my friends, that we were taught 

That practice fweet of Love and Charity, 
By which the Man-God our Redemption bought, 

In pity for our mortal frailty ! 
Look not in fcorn upon thy brother's fhape, 

If nature chofe to vary it from thine; 
For though it may refemble more the Ape, 

It may have Light within far more divine ! 
Turn thine eyes inward on thine heart, and fee 

What flaws are there, what feething germs of ill 
That need thy care, left their malignity 

Shall render thee one day more hideous frill. 



THOUGH BLACK, WE ARE HUMAN 



WHERE VAIN-GLORY REIGNS, 

Who ridicules his neighbour's frailty, 
Scoffs at his own in more or lefs degree : 
Much wifer he who others' lets alone, 
And tries his talent to correct his own. 



AND why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest 
not the beam that is in thine own eye 1 
Thou Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou 
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Matt. vii. 3, 5. 



Qui d' autruy parler voudra, 
Regarde soy; et il taira. 

No ay quien sus faltas entienda, 
Como las de su vecino. 

II n'y a personne qui reconnoit ses faures, 
Comme celles de son voisin. 

Dal biasima altrui, che se stesso condanna. 

Ziehe Dich selber bei der Nase. 

Een ander heeft altyt de schult, 
Geen mensch en siet syn eygen bult. 

Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, nee sua cernunt, 
Hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. — Owenus. 

There are those who can see the faults of others, but who cannot discern their 
own. — These people are wise for others, and fools to themselves. 

Est proprium stultitise, aliorum vitia cernere ; oblivisci suorum. — Cicero. 

Nihil turpius est convitio quod in auctorem recidit. — Plutarch. 

Of all the causes which conspire to blind 
Man's erring judgment, and misguided mind, 
What the weak head with strongest bias rules 
Is Pride, the never-failing Vice of Fools. 

Pope. 

FOLLY IS PRIME COUNSELLOR. 



WHERE YOU ARE JACK, THERE I AM JILL. 



JN vaine thou mantles up this light of mine. 
Thinking that no man mall perceive it mine. 
But all in vaine, flame will it selfe bewray, 
And through thy coat, by burning, make his way. 
Who in his lower heart doth hurt conceale, 
Hoping that nothing mall the fame reveale, 
He hides the torches of the helliih rout, 
Which will at length with violence burn: out : 
Who doth conceive Oreftes' impious thought, 
It will ere long to furious fact be brought. 
DifTemble what thou can'ft, that inward fparke 
Will burft forth into Light, though now its darke. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




SELF-CONCEIT PRECLUDES IMPROVEMENT. 



NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A WILLING MIND. 



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| S with the Web fpun by the Spider's care, 

T' entrap the flies and gnats which fill the air 
So with th' entangling nets by Venus laid 
T'enfnare the hearts of heedlefs youth and maid: — 
For in the Love net, as the Spider's too, 
The gnat is taken, but the Bee breaks through. 



-^ ■ VOLONTE REND TOUT POSSIBLE. 





WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY. 




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Nor let their flimfy memes captive take 






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Like him refill the lofs of liberty ; 






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Intra fortunam quisque debet manere suam. — Ovid. 






Mieux reculer que mal assaillir. 






<3<^<ef^ MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY. -S^-S^ 





&<^ GRASP ALL, LOSE ALL. *%>& 



Pervia virtuti, sed vilibus invia. 

AND that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are 
taken captive by him at his will. — 2 Timothy ii. 26. 

As in the mesh spread by the Spider's skill, 

The weaker flies and gnats alone are caught, 
While insects more robust of wing and will, 

Break boldly through, nor heed his toils in aught : 
What to the virtuous heart shall bar the way, 

Or hold it from the chosen path of good ? — 
Since this World's snares are but as frail a stay, 

And as the Spider's easily withstood, 
When heart and mind with one accord unite 
To force through ev'ry stop the road to Right. 

Hold on thy course to Virtue, nor refrain ; 
The wind the chaff disperses, not the grain. 



His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the 
cords of his sins. — Proverbs v. 22. 

Diabolus non invalesceret contra nos, nisi viros ex vitiis nostris praeberemus, et 
locum ei dominandi nobis peccato faceremus : unde nolite locum dare diabolo. 

August. Horn. 3. 

Cuore forte 
Rompe cattiva sorte. 

Vaine peur certaine misere. 

Een moedig hert 
Vermint de smert. 

Beter is't te rug gegaen 

Als een quaden sprang gedaen. 



He that begins without reason, hath reason enough to leave off, by perceiving he 
had no reason to begin. — J. Taylor, vol. xii. p. 28. 



QUI TOUT CONVOITE, TOUT PERD. 

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THE MORE YOU HAVE THE MORE YOU DESIRE. 

JSHINED brightly whilft I ftood upright, 
And firmely feated gave a perfect light ; 

But after that mifchance did me furprife, 

I am caft downe and know not how to rife. 

Helpe, helpe, who fees my cafe, now fuccour me, 

So, as before, my Light fhall glorious be. 

A man may fall, this brittle life of ours 
Is fubjecT: to more chances than to houres : 
Or fortune falfe, or errours flippery fall, 
Suffers us not, conftant to proove at all : 
Happy is he who falling findes a man, 
Much like a God, fupporting what he can. 
By hurt he learning gaines, he wifer growes, 
And with the weary Oxe more warily goes. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




r-'v^c&c^^ BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING. ^a^^^S^ 



LIQHT GAYNES MAKE HEAVYE PURSES. 



Ein klein henn leget die tag, da ein Strauss im jahr nur eins. 




A HEN LAYS EVERY DAY, 
BUT AN OSTRICH ONLY ONCE A YEAR. 

TLJTEAR now what has befallen me; I'm nicely taken in! 

X A All through my Wife ! who thought at once a mine of wealth to win : 

A Dealer fhew'd this Oftrich and its egg to her one day, 

And making her believe 'twas fuch a wondrous bird to lay ; 

I bought it at her bidding — -brought it home, and, like her, thought 

A Bird that lay fuch eggs as that, could not be dearly bought. 



A PASSO A PASSO SE VA LONTANA. 



LITTLE BY LITTLE THE BIRD BUILDS ITS NEST. 

Hens' eggs (thought I), however good, were at the beft but fmall, 

And, as compar'd to Oftrich eggs, were of no fize at all. 

Off fuch an egg as that, why, two could make a dinner quite, 

'Twas big enough to fatisfy a ploughman's appetite. 

Such was my mind : but very foon I'd reafon to regret 

I'd parted with my money, or an Oftrich ever met. 

It eat ! Oh ! fuch a bird to eat as that I never faw ! 

No end of food and things could fatisfy its hungry maw; 

But Eggs ! not one it laid ! though all the while I did my beft 

With hay and ftraw and feathers foft to make the bird a neft. 

When, after waiting long, — 'twas juft about the month of May — 

I found one egg! Eh! now, thought I, it has begun to lay! 

But all my joy was very lhort, for from that time till now, 

It hafn't laid another egg, nor will it any how. 

Yet all this while our Hens, as is with Hens the ufual way, 
(5 They've always laid at intervals, and often ev'ry day. 

At length, all patience lofing, and my temper put about, 
I went up to the Oftrich, and I call'd to him ; Turn out ! 

Away with you, you rav'nous brute, you fhall no longer ftay ! 

You're big enough, and eat enough, and yet no eggs you lay. 

I fee how 'tis with you, you're all appearance, nothing more ; 

In buying you I've learnt what I ought well t' have known before : 

The biggeft things are not the beft, the brighteft often drofs ; 

And when we grafp at profit moft, we oft get greater lofs. 



A PIUMA a piuma se pela l'oca. 

A gotta a gotta il mar si secherebbe. 

Von kleinen fischlin werden die hecht gross. 

Peu a peu file la vieille sa quenouille. 

Qui s'agite, s'enrichit. 

Little pot, soon hot. 

Il bue s'e fatto grande, e la stalla piccola. 
The ox fattens in a little stall. 

En petite maison Dieu a grand part. 

-~~i-^^ LITTLE BROOKS MAKE GREAT RIVERS. *ji>&^>& 
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GREAT PROMISERS, BAD PAYMASTERS. 

Fortunam qui avide vorare pergit, 

Hanc tandem male concoquat necesse est. 

Celui qui me'prise les petites choses, tombera petit a. petit. — Syrach. xxix 

Lk peu est suffisant a l'homme bien appris. — lb. xxx. 21. 

Kleyn visje, soet visje. 

Majora perdes, parva ni servaveris. 
Who neglects the little, loses the greater. 

Adde parum parvo, tandem fit magnus acervus. 
Gutta cavat lapidem. — Ovid. 

Wer keinen Pfennig achtet, 
Der auch nimmer eines Gulden Herre. 

Albaxanse los adarves, 
Y alcanse los muladeres. 

Met veel slagen wort de Stockvisch murw. 

Grano a grano hinche la gallina el papo. 

Grain a grain 

Amasse la fourmy son pain. 

Doet by een kleyntje dikmaels wat, 
Soo wort'et noch een groote schat. 

Dns proximus est, quicunque eget paucissimus. 



'Tandem fit Surculus Arbor. 

LFOW small soe'er your Profit be, 

Despise it not, but learn to know, 
That almost ev'ry thing you see 

From small at first to large did grow : 
Do but a little oft, and you 

Will find that little grow apace ; 
The Penny to the Pound accrue, 

And " slow and sure oft win the race." 



-3r^ GREAT BOASTER, LITTLE DOER. ^>^- 

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A LITTLE STREAM DRIVE 



THE Smith, the fteele fo tempers in the fire, 
As that it may indure flints ftroke and ire ; 
The flint and fteel, 'gainft other while they ftrive, 
Give fparkles, which the tinder keeps alive, 
Untill the fulphure to the match gives flame, 
Which keeps, and to the candle doth give the fame ; 
The candle thus lighted proper ufe hath none : 
Thus all ordained is for man alone. 

Dame Nature fo commandeth ev'ry thing 

In his owne kind to ferve his Lord and King ; 

Things of meere being, and which doe not live, 

As Elements, food to the living give ; 

The living herbs doe beads with fenfe mainetaine 

And thefe, to feede us, ev'ry houre are flaine : 

So every thing is for the ufe of man, 

To God fhould he not doe then, what he can ? 

Farlie's Emblems. 




S*&sjx^^-^ CHICKENS FEED CAPONS. ^£^s>£^S^ 



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WHEN THE EYES ARE WON, LOVE IS BEGUN 



CPWAS faid of Old,— and, like moft fayings too, 

<*• It hath been proven by experience true, 
That e'en defpite his fierce majeftic might, 
" Who wins the Lion's eyes, fubdues hir 
Herein is well explain'd and typified 
Another truth that cannot be denied : 
The eye of Man once taken by the grace 
And 'witching beauty of a Maiden's face, 



quite. 



^■^ CEIL. GAGNE, CORPS PERDU. - 





El_ CARACOL, PER QUITAR DE ENOJOS, 




However ftern his nature hitherto, 






Affumes a foftnefs it before ne'er knew. 






Ah ! then how chang'd the cold imperious look 






That fcarce the gaze of other eyes could brook ! 






How pliant then the fternly moulded mind 






Of Sage and Soldier, as of rugged hind ! 






Each then alike, as though himfelf defpite, 






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Fert domita cervice jugum, fert dulcia tergo 

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inanibus magis, quam justis formidinis causis moveri.— Lips. Doct. Civil, lib. v. cap. 16. 


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A thousand blushing apparitions 

To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames, 

In Angel whiteness, bear away those blushes ; 

And in her eye there hath appear'd a fire 

To burn the errors that these princes hold 

Against her maiden truth. — Shakespeare. 




Beauty with a bloodless conquest finds 

A welcome sov'raignty in rudest minds. — Waller. 






POR LOS GUERNOS TROCO LOS OJOS. 





THE EYES BELIEVE THEMSELVES; 

Whose radiant look strikes every gazing eye 

Stark blind, and keeps th' amaz'd beholder under 
The stupid tyranny of Love and wonder. — Old Poet. 

Then only hear her Eyes; 
Tho' they are mute, they plead, nay, more, command : 
For beauteous Eyes have arbitrary power. — Dryden. 

Who knows how eloquent these Eyes may prove, 
Begging in Floods of Tears and Flames of Love. — Roch. 

The Bloom of op'ning Flowers, unsully'd Beauty, 

Softest and sweetest Innocence she wears ; 

And looks like Nature in the World's first spring. — Rowe. 



Nequiti* Duces, Oculi. 

9 The light of the Body is the Eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole 

body also is full of light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of dark- 
ness. Take heed therefore that the Light which is in thee be not darkness. — Luke 
xi. 34, 35- 

But if thine Eye be evil, thy whole Body shall be full of Darkness. If therefore 
the Light that is in thee be Darkness, how great is that Darkness ! — Matt. vi. 23. 



Love in the Godhead. 

|70R Love it was, that first created Light, 

Mov'd on the Waters, chac'd away the Night 
From the rude Chaos, and bestow'd new Grace 
On Things dispos'd of to their proper Place ; 
Some to rest here, and some to shine Above : 
Earth, Sea, and Heav'n were all th' Effects of Love. — Wall. 

Love is that Passion, which refines the Soul; 

First made Men Heroes, and those Heroes Gods : 

Its genial fires inform the sluggish Mass; 

The rugged soften, and the tim'rous warm. 

Give Wit to Fools, and Manners to the Clown : 

The rest of Life is an ignoble Calm ; 

The Soul, unmov'd by Love's inspiring breath, 

Like lazy Waters, stagnates and corrupts. — Hig. Gen. Con. 



<3*^ THE EARS, OTHER PEOPLE. ■*&& 



WHAT THE EYE SEES NOT, 



1 IY fplendor with his bright and Sun-like ray, 

|\/i Doth c heere the houfe, and darkenefle chafe away : 

To thee wh' art blind, I'm darke as fable night, 

It's thy default, not mine, thou lak'ft thy fight. 

The Moule cannot Hyperions glory fee; 

Who want their eyes, no comfort have by me. 
Chrift is the glory of that light from hie, 
Which can the darkeft Chaos full defcry ; 
And yet we fee him not until! our eyes 
He open, which thickeft darkenefle doth furprife ; 
Then doth his light unto himfelfe refledt 
From us as mirrours, with a new afpect. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




S*S- THE HEART RUES NOT. ^? 



IT IS NOT LAWFUL TO DO EVIL. 



Snijt men fijn Neus af, men r cheut Jijn Aenficht. 




WHO CUTS OFF HIS NOSE SPITES HIS OWN FACE. 

OME here, all Friends, who know, and would 
Advife me for the beft ;— 
I've got a Nofe, the fight and thought 

Of which deftroys my reft. 
A Nofe, alas! with wens and wheals 

Surcharged and cover'd o'er ; 
A huge unfightly Nofe, fuch as 

No man e'er had before. 



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^S^gO^-g^^g^SO* AVOID EXTREMES. -S>2;-^>=^'^^'^>^^^ 




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ANGER AND HASTE HINDER GOOD COUNSEL.. 



cg^<5^ TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE. -s>=g^*§: 



To mar, nor to upbraid ; 
Bow meekly rather to His Will 

Who thine affliction laid ! 
Seek not with violence to do 

What patience may effect ; 
By gentle means 'tis eafier oft 

To heal and to correct. 
Try thefe, my friend, they may avail, 

But mould they not fucceed, 
Spare thine own flefh, nor mar thy face 

By fuch ungodly deed. 
Wouldft further know, my friends, fome rule 

Of conduct to deduce 
From this my theme ? Read on— my aim 

Is hut to be of ufe. 
Herefrom learn alfo to refpect 

The failings of thy friend, — 
To him who to thy blood belongs, 

Thine helping hand extend : 
When hufband or the wife have left 

Their duty's path awhile — 
A mother, brother, fitter err'd, 

Strive thou to reconcile. 
Forfake thy kindred not that they 

Have fall'n their crofs beneath ; 
The ftrength has not been giv'n to all 

To gain the Victor's wreath : 
Though thou their errors mayeft hate, 

Let judgment be deferr'd ; 
Hate thou not them, but pity more 

That they mould fo have err'd. 
Drag not their faults into the light, 

But kindly draw the veil, 
As teaches Love, that other eyes 

May fee not where they fail. 
Be the Phyfician thou, and ftrive 

All that thou canft to cure ; 
Canfr. thou not heal, then learn, and teach 

How others may endure. 
The fuff'ring limb by force is not made whole, 
Nor heals Reproof the gangrene of the foul. 

CHARITY SHALL. COVER THE MULTITUDE OP SINS. 



FORG.IVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN. 



H J'Y Light is pleafant, when the night doth gloome, 
J And pitchy darkeneffe lines the mourning roome ; 

Whither thou lifts Cleanthes fmoake to blow, 
Or if the Matron like to twift her tow. 
When Phoebus fetteth, I watch centenall 
Untill he from my ftation doth me call. 

Spare me, lend not my light to Titans ray ; 

So fhalt th' enjoy me when there is no day. 

If thy eftate be meane, hufband it well, 

And it Attalick wealth mail parallell. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, -a*© 



DRINK LITTLE THAT YE MAY DRINK LANG. 

Noch vinnigh Slaen, noch harden Dwanck, 
En brengt den Esel tot den Drank. 




THOUGH TAKEN TO THE WATER'S BRINK, 
NO BLOWS CAN FORCE THE HORSE TO DRINK. 

N vain with cheering words I've tried, 
And ev'ry means that I can think 
Of oaths, and blows, and kicks befide 

To get this plaguey beaft to drink ! 
I've led him by the bridle thrice, 

And coax'd and pull'd, and coax'd again, 



WHEN THE WINE IS IN, THE WIT IS OUT. 





WHEN WINE ENTERS, MODESTY DEPARTS. 




But he wont drink at any price, 




And blows and words alike are vain. 






Yet when I turn the matter o'er, 






I really think, myfelf defpite, 






That I in fenfe am wanting more, 






And of the two the Horfe is right ! 






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Who, fway'd by fenfelefs appetite, 






In needlefs drink enjoyment find, 






'Gainft nature, reafon, and 'gainft right ! 






Your thirft once quench'd, defift, nor let 






The taunts of fools, nor warmth of friends 






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DRUNKENNESS IS VOLUNTARY MADNESS. 



DIE WIJN DRINKEN SONDER SMAECK, 

Are you your Senfes', Paflions' flave, 

More than the humble brute a-field ? 
Or in the pow'r of Mind you have, 

Muft it before his Inftindt yield! 
What would the people fay to fee 

Good wine into the Kennel call ? 
And yet, the Drunkard, is not he 

A human Kennel to the laft ? 
Why good drink down the Sewers throw ? 

Worfe than the brute art thou, Man-fool ! 
Wouldft thou a nobler duty know, 

Betake thee to the Horfe to fchool. q 

If't's more than Horfes' work to think; 

In one thing yet the Horfe ftands firft, 
It's more than Horfes' work to drink 

Without the need or fenfe of thirft. 



TL n'est manger, qu'a bonne faim. 

A coulons souls cerises ameres. 

Jamais homme sage on vit 
Buveur de vin sans appetit. 

Vin dentro, sermo fuori. 

Wen Wein eingehet, da gehet wiss auss. 

Ne monstre pas ta vaillance a. bien boire : car le vin a faict perir plusieurs. 

Syrach. xxxi. 29. 

Wine measurably drunk, and in reason, bringeth gladness of heart and cheerfulness 
of the mind ; but wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind — diminishes 
strength, and maketh wounds. — Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 28, 30. 

The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure, and 
the fourth for madness. — Anacharsis. 

As surfeit is the father of much fast, 
So every scope by the immoderate use 
Turns to restraint : our natures do pursue 
(Like rats that raven down their proper bane) 
A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die. 

Shakesp. Measure for Measure. 



C&<^ DOEN EEN ONBESUYSDE SAECK. -^^ 



Si^S, LAET U DRANCK EN ETEN GEVEN, 



f HEN Phcebus lets in the Hefperian ftreames, 

And Wefterne mores blufh with his drowned beames ; 
Then I as Phoebus fecond muft give. Light, 
And act my part in darkenefle of the night : 
But now my Light complaines that I decay. 
And into greafie teares doe melt away ; 
So I am forft to yeeld. O turne thy teame 
Phcebus, and Phofpher mew thy morning beame. 

When Chrift the Sonne of righteoufnefle did goe 

Vnto his Heavenly manfions from below, 

Then he his holy fervants did command, 

Confpicuous to the world, like lights, to ftand ; 

But when they faile with watching, toile, and age, 

And now are ready to goe off the ftage, 

Then up they yeeld the light of life and cry ; 

O come thou Sonne of righteoufneffe, we die. 

Faroe's Emblems. 




NIET UYT LUST, MAER OM TE LEVEN. 



WHO RUNS FAST CANNOT RUN LONG. 



Nimia libertas fit Jervitus. 




EXCESS OF LIBERTY LEADS TO SERVITUDE. 



NTIL this haplefs moment I was free, 
And went where'er my will or fancy led ; 
But now oh ! where — where is that liberty 
So long my boaft ? alas ! for ever fled. 
Ah ! woe is me that ever I was lur'd 
By aught fo poor and taftelefs as this rind, 
To enter here, before I was afTur'd 
Some means of exit and efcape to find. 



<3*^&=§s^l- EXTREMES ARE EVIL. -^S.^^-^& 



NA LANGE LOOPEN, MOET MEN'T BEKOOPEN. 

Till now without reftraint I ran about. 

Each place alike, a houfe fecure for me ; 

I'd holes in plenty to go in and out, 

Nor fear'd our race's direft enemy. 

Now here, now there, the barn, the granary, 

The kitchen, larder, parlour, and the ftore 

Were mine to roam in full fecurity, 

And feaft my fill ; — what could I wifh for more ? 

Fool that I was, thus to be captive made ! 

I tremble at the doom that waits me now ; 

Yet whom have I to blame or to upbraid ? 

Myfelf alone ; and to my fate I bow, 

Convinc'd too late, that he is caught at laft, 

Who runs about too much and lives too fart. 



TMBERBIS juvenis, tandem custode remoto ; 

Gaudet equis, canibusque, et aprici gramine campi, 
Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper, 
Utihum tardus provisor, prodigus sens, 
Sublimis, cupidusque, et amata relinquere pernix. 

Minimum debet libere, cui nimiura licet. — Plutarch, de Educat. lib. in fin. 

Who most would act according to his will, 
Requires most to be restrain'd from ill. 



Fit fpolians fpolium. 

Ihe Spoiler is made Spoil. 

/^NE summer eve, beneath the greenwood shade, 

I found young Phillis sitting fast asleep. 
With noiseless step before th' unconscious maid, 
Joying to catch her in that slumber deep, 
I stood and gazed ; as though to feast my sight 
On ev'ry feature of her charming face : 
And though her eye-lids veil'd from me their light, 
Her rosy mouth, with such bewitching grace, 
Seem'd as it were to proffer me the kiss 
So oft denied me with a smart rebuke ; 



LONG INDULGENCE IS ITS OWN PAYMASTER. 





-^O^xSyS*^.^^ THOU SHALT NOT COVET. -=§>s;-^^a>=£ ^s 




That turning Thief at once, I stole the bliss ; 




But in that theft, lost more than what I took. 






So, gentle reader, in the Love-chase too, 






As with the mouse entrapp'd for love of bacon ; 






We're often made our very luck to rue, 






Just when the thing most wished for has been taken. 






I stole from her a kiss, but Phillis, she 






At once stole heart and peace of mind from me ; 






The mouse, poor thing, lost life with liberty ; 






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Starts at each sound that's borne upon the breeze, 
And where none other aught of terror deems, 
Quails 'fore the hangman of his nightly dreams. 

The wicked flee when no man pursueth. — Prov. xxviii. i. 
Oh coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me ! 
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh — 
What do I fear? — Myself? — Shakespeare. 

Which way I move is Hell ; myself am hell. — Milton. 






TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS PROFIT NOTHING. 





^s^p^^^St^s^^ HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. *=§>^s>=©'i§>=g>§>^^: 



HEN as the conqu'ring fleete return'd from Troy, 
And Pallas ftormy wrath did them annoy ; 
Then Nauplius fought revenge upon the Greekes, 
And hang'd out Lanterns on the rocky creekes ; 
The Greekes deceived did the rockes miftake, 
And darning gainft them did nights fhipwracke make. 

Whilft we unto our wiiht-for Country goe, 

This lifes fierce billowes tofTe us to and fro ; 

Honour and glory hang out lights fo faire, 

And Siren-like doe feeke us to enfnare : 

A joyfull, quiet haven they doe pretend ; 

But oft they drave us to a dolefull end : 

If thou be wife fhunne honours lights fo hy, 

And from fhipwracking Siren pleafure fly. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




LEARN TO RESTRAIN THINE HAND, AND TO CURB THINE ANGER. 




WHO WOULD LEARN TO SHAVE WELL, SHOULD 
FIRST PRACTISE ON A FOOL'S BEARD. 

1- HE Proverb is of antient date, 
That he who well would learn to fhave, 
His fulleft wifh to confummate, 

Should on a Fool's beard practice have. 
As with each phrafe of antient lore, 
The fenfe implied hath ta'en its rife 



A WISE LOOK MAY SECURE A FOOL IF HE TALK NOT. 





WITH A FOOL AND A KNAVE 




From long experience gone before, 




That Fools to deal with maketh wife. 






For Fools, of all men moft precife 






In things of import leaft, e'er gave 






The wideft fcope for practice nice 






Of Patience and of Virtues grave. 






In {having Fools the barber'll find 






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Yet ! juft this place behind the ear ? 
Aye ! Fool ! that's juft the place that ail'd thee ! 

From what we've feen 'tis very clear 
It was the brains from firft that fail'd thee ! 

Who wants now this, now that, nor knows 
What 'tis he needs, doth clearly fhow it : 

For lacking brains, he feels and fhows 
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A FOOL'S HEAD NEVER WHITENS. 



T)Y moeyelicke heeren 
Is reel te leeren. 

'T moet een wijse hant sijn, die een sotten Kop wel scheren sal. 
It must be a wise hand to cut the hair of a Fool's head. 

Wat let, dat leert. 
Qus nocent, docent. 

TlaOyi/J-ara, fiaO^/JLara. 

Vexatio dat intellectum. 

Homine imperito nil quidquam est injustius, qui, nisi quod ipse facit nihil rectum 
putat. — Terent. Adelph. 

Men heeft groote kunst van doen 
Om de narren te voldoen. 



All those who appear Fools, are so, and no less, half of those who do not appear to be so. 

TROLLY has a wide dominion in the World : and if there be some little Wisdom, 
it is pure Folly compared with the Wisdom of the Most High. But the greatest 
Fool is he, who does not believe that he is so, and who imputes Foolishness to every- 
body else. To be Wise, it is not sufficient to appear so to one's self. He is Wisest 
who does not think that he is Wise ; and he who does not perceive that others see, 
does not see himself. How full soever the World be of Fools, there is no person who 
thinks himself one, nor even, who suspects himself of folly. — Gracian. 

There are People (in every class of Society) who entertain a high opinion of them- 
selves, but those more particularly, who are the least worthy. Each considers himself 
the centre of the Universe, and destined for an exalted position. Hope undertakes 
rashly, and Experience renders it no assistance. Yain imagination finds an executioner 
in Reality, who undeceives it. Every one should know his proper sphere of action, 
and his fittest condition. Reality would then be the regulator of Self-Opinion. — Idem. 



Fortune takes care that Fools should still be seen : 

She places 'em aloft, o' th' topmost spoke 

Of all her wheel. Fools are the daily work 

Of nature, her Vocation : If she form 

A Man, she loses by 't : 'tis too expensive ; 

'T would make ten Fools: A Man's a Prodigy. 

Dryden, (Edip. 

Un Sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour etre bon. — La Rochefoucauld. 



A WAGER IS A FOOL'S ARGUMENT. 



HE THAT TEACHES HIMSELF 



5 UCH like as wine the nurfe of Poets veine, 
When prifon-like the cafke doth it conteine ; 
Farre from the bottome while you draw the wine, 
You will it find more plenteous and more fine; 
But when you come to dreg, no wine abounds, 
Both leaft and worft remaineth in the grounds : 
Such like the mining of a candle we fee, 
Which kindled once burnes not ftill equally ; 
At firft it giv's greater and clearer light, 
And is more pleafant both to fmell and fight; 
But when it comes to fnuffe and even fpent, 
It fhineth lefTe, and gives a filthy fent. 

The candle and wine's our life, which, in its prime, 
Doth flouriih more, and hath more hope of time ; 
But when with muftie age our life decayes, 
Then many forrowes have we, and few dayes. 

■ Farlie's Emblems. 




HAS A FOOL FOR HIS MASTER. 



ONE DOTH THE SCATH, ANOTHER HATH THE HARM. 



Wat de seuge doet, moeten de biggen ontgelden. 




WHAT THE SOW DOES, THE LITTLE PIGS MUST 
PAY FOR. 

TW/ HEN the old Sow has play'd her pranks, 

And upfet tubs and pails around her, 
Out comes the Matter in a rage, 

With broom in hand, refolv'd to pound her : 



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THE CROW GETS PARDONED, AND 




But fhe, well vers'd in all his oaths, 






And in their meaning full confiding, 






Runs off and leaves her pigs behind 






To bear the blame and get the hiding. 






And they, poor pigs, though innocent 






Of all the harm, defpite their fqueaking, 






Get beat all round and made to fmart 






For all the big Sow has been breaking. 






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Il peccato del Signore souvente fa piangere il vassallo. 
Un fa il peccato, l'altro la penitenza. 

Der Herrn siind, der bauren bliss. 

Wanneer een Prins springt uyt den bant, 
Daerom lijdt dickmael al het lant. 

Mancher muss entgelten des er nie genossen hat. 

Quid agimus hoc casu 1 ? feramus. Nam quemadmodum sterilitatem, aut nimios 
imbres, aut caetera naturae mala; ita luxum, ambitionem et avaritiam dominantium 
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EEN PLOEG DIE WERCKT, BLINCKT. 

Sichem rapuit, et agricola plectitur. — Arabian Adage. Vid. Right. Axiom. (Earn. 24, 25. 

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IT'S GOOD FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS. 

77ie Reader will imagine a picture, representing a Fisher disturbing the water with a 
long pole, and driving the Jish towards the net. 

"V^OU wish to know what I'm about? 

My bus'ness is soon told : 
I'm going to fish upon a plan 

Advis'd from time of old. 
In waters that are most disturb'd, 

Most fish are caught, they say ; 
But when the water's calm and clear 

The fish all swim away : 
For then too cautiously they scan 

The meshes of the net, 
Or be your bait however good, 
Z : No bite from them you get. 

But quite another sport it is 

If you disturb the stream ; 
The troubled water then gets thick, 

And roach, perch, eels and bream 
Are taken then alike at once, 

Large fish as well as small, 
All caught together in the net ; — 

That's what I fishing call ! 

Need I say more 1 He who knows not 
To make a stir in this World's stream, 
Will but a sorry Fisher prove, 
Nor minnows catch, much less a bream. 
Stir, Fisher, stir ! Stillness does harm ; 
It little profits when the water's calm. 



Et multis utile bellum. — Lucan. i. v. 182. 

Opportuni magnis conatibus transitus rerum. — Tacitus. 

mores quos quieta republica desperant, perturbata se consequi posse 
arbitrantur. — Livy. 

Eau trouble gain de pecheur. 
^-NAER STILLE WATER STINCKT.-^J 



S=<3^p^5?^ DE SCAVOIR, VIENT AVOIR. '=S^-=S>g^S>^ 

ICA.RRY about with me, my frugall ftore, 
With which I am' content, and feeke no more ; 

If it be meane, I can with it agree, 

What ftate foever, welcome comes to me : 

I never begge, alive, what is diftrefle, 

I know not ; but once dead, I care for 't lefTe. 
Some live on others trenchers, and doe eate 
The bread of floth, for which they never fweat : 
They're greedy ravens of mankind, kitching drones, 
Rich tables harpyes, rats, Chamelions. 
The wifeman howfoever he doth finde 
Fortune, to it he fits and frames his mind, 
He doth proferre his courfe and country faire, 
Unto his Patrons dole and diihes rare. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




STIRRING MASTERS MAKE A RICH HOUSEHOLD. 




A SHIP AGROUND IS A BEACON AT SEA. 

|ORT! hard a-port ! ftarboard your helm! look out! 
See what our neighbour in the Schuyt's about ! 
Upon a fand-fpit there as fure as day, 
He's hard and faft ; right in the courfe we lay ! 
Give her a good wide berth, my mate, that we 
Clear well the fand-tail where thofe breakers be. 
They'll never pole her off — to ftrive is vain ; 
With ebbing-tide as now, there fhe'll remain : 



WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHERS' HARM. 



IT IS EASIEST LEARNING AT ANOTHER'S COST. 

And mould the wind chop round and blow to more, 
She'll break her rudder, or get damage more. 
Reader ! look well to this, and let it be 
A caution in Life's voyage unto thee. 
The Skipper who defcries a fhip aground, 
No beacon needs to guide, nor lead to found : 
And truly prudent is that man alone, 
Who by another's fault can mend his own. 

Many who have themfelves but little ikill 

To fhape their courfe where peril may accrue, 
Avert full oft the greater fhare of ill, 

Who take example from what others do. 
For Youth, than this, there is no better fchool ; 
For Men, no milder difcipline and rule, 
Than well t' obferve, and weigh with prudent care 
The acls of others from the fruit thev bear. 



Ex vitio alterius Sapiens emendat suum. — P. Syrus. 

Felix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum. 

Homines amplius oculis quam auribus credunt. — Seneca. 

Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. — Ibid. 

We do not want precepts, but patterns, for example is the gentlest and least 
invidious way of commanding. — Pliny. 

Example is a living rule that teaches without trouble to the learner, and lets him 
see his faults without open reproof and upbraiding. — Serj. Palmer's Aphorisms. 

Example works more than precept ; for words without practice are but counsels 
without effect. — Ibid. 

I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. — 
John xiii. 15. 

Christ suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps. — 
1 Pet. ii. 21. 



<S-^^^ PRECEPTS LEAD, EXAMPLES DRAW. -S^*®^ 



S=0» BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS" GARDENS, «^=gJ 

C/fo ^ #2«/ vicin, ha mal matin, 

'HpIS well that ev'ry one should know 

Something of his next door neighbour ; 
What are his hours of to and fro 1 — 
Habits of life, and trade or labour ? 

For, whate'er our love of quiet, 

And our care to keep aloof, 
If he's giv'n to drink and riot, 

Mischief soon may reach our roof. 

Peaceful neighbours are a treasure 

To be wish'd for in this life ; 
But distressing beyond measure, 

Neighbours prone to noise and strife : 

All such people much require 
Watch and ward on all they do ; 
Lest if their house should take fire, 
It perchance may spread to you. 



Tunc tua res agitur paries cum proximus ardet. — Horace, i. Epist. 18. 

Ne mala vicini pecoris contagia Isedant — -Virgil, Eel. i. 

Hinc bene commendavit Philosophus domum a bonis vicinis, 
Aliquid mali propter vicinum malum. — Plautus. Merc. 

Mieux vaut etre seul, que mal accompagne. 
Beter alleen, als qualick verselt. 

Of bad neighbours have a care. 
Quade gebueren moet men besueren. 

Die ontrent den molen woont, 
Bestuyft het meel. 

Zwischen Nachbars Garten ist ein Zaun gut. 

Quando egli arde in vicinanza, 
Porta 1'acqua a. casa tua. 



In the house of the righteous is much treasure : but in the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. — Proverbs w. 6. 



IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A HEDGE. 



IT IS BETTER TO LEAVE THAN TO LACK. 

f ^IGHTS ftarre-like fplendor doth allure this flye, 

IMI Not knowing that fhe may be burnt thereby : 

Thus whilft fhe kindled with a great defire 

Of Light, loe now fhee dies in flaming fire. 
Glory in purple robes is fet on hie, 
Envious to many, lovely to the eye : 
But many times glory doth fooles undoe, 
Whilft, without wit and reafon, they it wooe : 
It raifeth them that with the greater fall, 
It may them overthrow and crufh withall. 
Whilft Icarus foares to Hyperions beames, 
He headlong fals into th' Icarian ftreames; 
And Pha'ton daring for to rule the day, 
Was thunder-beate, and burnt with Phcebus ray. 
We nearer to the Sunne more glorious are, 
If of the fcorching rayes we be aware. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




-&*&>> E MEGLIO LASCIARE CHE MANCARE. ^^S> 




THE GOOSE HISSES WELL, BUT IT DON'T BITE. 



*HEN firft thefe Geefe I faw, and heard 
Them hifs fo fierce at me; 
With fear o'erwhelm'd, I fled the bird, 

And thought therein to fee 
Some winged heaft, or dragon fell, 
Whofe peftilential breath 



WORDS ARE BUT WIND, BUT BL OWS UNKIND. 



ia^^S^ LE PAROLE NON BASTANO. -§>=g-^=g; 

Alone fufficed, as I'd heard tell, 

To fpread difmay and death. 
At length their fnappifh noife defpite, 

I felt within my breaft 
A ftrange refolve to flay my flight, 

And meet them at my beft. 
So looking round as fiercely too, 

I was about to draw, 
And pierce the hiding mongers through ; 

When all at once I faw — 
And faid, as plain as I could fpeak : 

Why I'm a fool outright ! 
The beaft's a flat and toothlefs beak ! 

With that he cannot bite; 
No claws upon his feet has he 

That I had need to fear, 
No crooked talons that I fee 

With which my flefh to tear. 
'Tis all mere empty wind, e'en though 

So dread to th' ear and fight; 
Fear not, my mates ! — who hifs and blow 

Are feldom fierce to bite. 



"\ X 7"IJT gapen, en bijt niet : 

Veel blasen en smijt niet. 

Sy en bijten niet al, die haer tanden laten sien. 

Chat mioleur ne fut jamais bon chasseur, non plus qu'homme sage caquetteu: 

Een Kat die veel maeuwt, vangt weinigh muisen. 

A mucha parola, obra poco. 
Can ch' abbaja, non vuol nocer. 

Huhner die viel schwatzen, legen wenig Eier. 
Dov' e manca cor, quivi e piu lingua. 

De grands vanteurs 
Petits faiseurs. 

Wenn die Worte Leute schlugen, so war er ein tapferer Mann. 
WORDS ARE GOOD WHEN WORKS FOLLOW. 



BEWARE OF A MAN THAT DOES NOT TALK, 

Vasa inania plurimum tinniunt. 

■ An tibi Mavors 

Ventosa. in lingua, pedibusque fugacibus istis, 
Semper erit? — Virg. Alu. ii. 

Jam senectus mundi est, quse est garrula. 

Magis metuendi taciturni et lenes, quam feroces et clamatores. 

Vana est sine viribus ira. 

Minarum strepitus, 
Asinorum crepitus. 

Validior vox operis, quam oris. 
Ignavissimus quisque et in periculo minimum ausurus nimii verbis, lingua, feroces. 

Tacitus. 
Ut quisque ignavus animo, procax ore. — Ibid. 
Quid dignuni tanto feret hie promissor hiatu 1 
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. — Horace. 
Mons parturibat gemitus immanes ciens, 
Eratque in terris maxima exspectatio. 
At ille murem peperit. Hoc scriptum est tibi, 
Qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihil. 

PHiEDRUS, Fab ul. lxxix. 

Canis timidus vehementius latrat, quam mordet. — Curtius. 

■ Quid verbis opus est 1 spectemur agendo. — Ovid. xiii. Metam, 

Multa verba, modica fides. — Richter, Axiom. (Econ. 221. 

Die Kiihe die sehr briillen, geben wenig Milch. 
Hunde die sehr bellen, beissen nicht. 

'T is een wijse van het lant. 

Lange tonge kort van hant. 

Tel menace, qui est battu. 

Tel menace, qui a grand' peur. 

De grand menaceur peu de fait. 



Who knows himself a braggart 

Let him fear this ; for it shall come to pass 
That every braggart shall be found an ass. 

Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well. 

Braggarts must needs be factious, for all bravery stands upon comparisons. 
They must be violent to make good their vaunts. Neither can they be secret, and 
therefore not effectual. — Lord Bacon. 



AND OF A DOO THAT DOES NOT BARK. 



MANY WORDS DON'T FILL THE SACK. 



HEN as the waxen light and candle did fhine, 
As was the taper, fo the candle was fine : 
When light is gone, this gives an odious fnuffe, 
That fmels of Hyblas fweete nedlarian ftuffe. 
So when the wicked fits in honours chaire, 
Unto the good man all doe him compare ; 
But when Death fparing none, his mafke puis ofF, 
And changing Fortune fets him for a fcoffe : 
Then to the frittle people he doth ftinke, 
His name fmels like a common-fhore or finke : 
The good againe, even in adverfity, 
Cares not for Fortunes falfe inconftancy ; 
And when againft him death hath done her beft, 
His name fmels like the Phenix fpicy neft. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




■^^ BEWARE, FROTH IS NOT BEER.^ 



TOUT" PAR AMOUR, RIEN PAR FORCE. 



Met onwillige honden tit quaet ha r en vang 




WITH UNWILLING HOUNDS IT'S HARD TO 
CATCH HARES. 

J! OT far from here there lives a Maid, 
^ Who, as I've heard by many faid, 
Will bring a good dow'r of gold and land 
To him on whom fhe beftows her hand. 
A buxom, cheerful, hurtling lais, 
She leads her father's kine to grafs, 



NO STRIVING AGAINST THE STREAM. 





HAPPY IS THE WOOING THAT IS NOT LONG IN DOING. 




She bakes and she brews, she spins and sews, 




And all a good housewife's duty knows. 






Nimble and neat of limb is she, 






Good temper'd too as a lass can be ; 






With pouting lips, and a cheek that glows 






With all the hues of the opening rose : 






No burgher maid in Leyden town 






Can match her eyes of lustrous brown ; 






And were I now in my youthful prime, 






To woo and win her I'd lose no time. 






I wish our Claes, that son of mine, 






Would but to my advice incline, 






And court her close like a sens'ble lad, 






While she and her dow'r may yet be had : 






For oft I've heard her father say : 






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But there he'd stand — like a tongue-tied lout ! 


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Nor open his mouth — but stare about ! 






In vain to cheer him on I strive, 






And wink to make him more alive ; 






But not e'en once will he take her hand, 






Nor speak one word she can understand. 






E'en though 'tis Fair-time now, yet he 






Buys her no Cakes nor Christmas tree ; 






No girdle, nor ring, nor handsome coif 






To set the young damsel's head-dress off. 






He writes no Sonnets in her praise, 






As is the custom now-a-days, 






But cold as a stone, no word will say, 






That hints at all at a Wedding-day. 






But, setting all such gifts aside — 






Though gifts are proper to a Bride — 






Even from her he'll not take a thing, 






Neither new neck-ruff, nor handsome ring ! 




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FAIR IS NOT FAIR, BUT THAT WHICH PLEASETH. 

Yet lovers mostly have the sense 

To look on gifts as no offence; 
And if a young man will aught receive, 
'Tis a sign — at least, so girls believe — 

That he next day may come again, 

And then p'rhaps speak his mind more plain : 
For Love doth ever more hopeful burn, 
When the receiver doth make return. 

But oh ! this Claes ! he will not woo 

At all as other people do ! 
E'en when she herself asks him to dance, 
He says that he can't, and looks askance ! 

For her he has no pleasing talk ; 

He never takes her out to walk, — 
And when she kindly asks him to stay, 
He takes up his hat to walk away ! — 

To lose such a chance to me is odd ! — 

Now isn't my Claes a downright clod ? 

But now I find my wife was right, 

When she said to me t'other night : 

Do hold thy tongue, now, Father, do ! 

'Tis plain our Claes don't care to woo. 

Thou'lt never bring the match to pass, 

He has no taking to the lass : 

He's p'rhaps some other girl in view, 

And take my word you may for true ; — 

The Love that's forc'd will never do ! 

Is not a lover, after all, 

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Is courting not an impulse free, 

That knows no force nor law's decree 1 

Do, Father, let the boy alone ; — 

Compulsion never yet was known 

To rule th' affections of the heart, 

Nor guide the course of Cupid's dart. 

Let him be free to choose his mate 

According to his heart's dictate : 

"No Well so bad as that, we think, 

Whose water we're compelled to drink." 

Is not the Love-chase just the same 

As hunting any other game ? 

What though the sportsman even see 

The hare, so tame as not to flee, 

Squat here and there at distance short, 

As though the very dogs to court ; — 

Yet none the more the hare is won 

If that his dogs refuse to run : 

For hounds which hunt against their will, 

Were seldom known the game to kill. 

THERE IS NO DISPUTING OF TASTES AND FANCIES. 



LET EVERY TUB STAND ON ITS OWN BOTTOM. 



AM confumed with devouring fire, 
Whilft Vulcane gainft me doubles thus his ire : 

The hand, much like an Ifthme, doth feparate 

The flames, and doth it felfe praecipitate 

Into open danger, fhewing fo its love, 

The fcorching flames compels it to remove. 

A thriftlefTe hufband if he fpend his ftate, 
And fo the wife loving to goe too neat ; 
Their ftocke and meanes quickely goes to decay, 
And late repentance comes, when all's away. 
But if a friend their ruine would prevent, 
And ftay their fall ; be fure he fhall be fhent : 
He lofing labour fcarce fhall harmeleffe goe, 
They both againft him turne their malice fo. 
Oft times who parteth quarrels and debate, 
Againft himfelfe doth turne the parties hate. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




LAST SUITOR WINS THE MAID. *®^«tS>© 



GREAT DESIGNS REQUIRE GREAT CONSIDERATION. 



Om w'eynigh Graens een gansche Moole. 




A WHOLE MILL TO GRIND A PECK OF CORN. 

Tjlr H ! Matter, what is all this work, 
M^ This hamm'ring, fawing, clatter ? 
Each morning that I wake of late 

I wonder what's the matter ! 
What is't that you are building here ? 

A Mill, forfooth ! but furely 
So large a Mill as this will be 

A lofs of money purely ; 



S<V GREAT FOOLS MUST HAVE GREAT BELLS. -S.-A 





CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR CLOTH. 




For in this fack of yours I feel 




So little corn for grinding, 






That when you've made it into meal 






'Twill fcarce be worth your minding. 






A Hand-mill would be large enough 






To grind this corn, good neighbour ! 






And if you'd be advifed by me 






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Who only hath a peck of corn 

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Novseque pergunt interire lunse. 
Tu secanda marmora 

Locas sub ipsum funus, et sepulcri 
Immemor struis domos. — Horat. ii. Od. 18. 

Senes, inquit Amiseeus, sfiolia opium marince Dcic suspendcrc debent, cum hac 
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Et militavi non sine gloria, 

Nunc arma defunctumque bello 
Hunc gladiura paries habebit. 

Horat. iii. Od. 26. 






Desine dulcium 

Mater sasva Cupidinum. — Idem iv. Od. 1. 






DON'T FLY TILL YOUR WINGS ARE FEATHERED. 





GOT WITH THE FIFE, 



Circa lustra decern flectere mollibus 

Jam durum imperils : abi 

Quo blandas juvenum te revocant preces. 

Een oudt man met een jonge vrou, 
Wat kan het wesen als berou 1 

C'est chose aussi follastre de voir le gendarme qui va au baston, que l'amoureux 
qui ne peut marcher sans aide. 

Veel geschreeus en luttel wolle. 
Veel vlagen luttel boter. 



La piu guasta rota del carro 
Fa sempre maggior strepito. 
Viel geschrey, wenig wollen. 
Grosse word und nichts da hinder. 



Ne'er put the Plough afore the Owsen. 

In every undertaking, that which is Essential should have the first place ; and the 
Accessory, if there is occasion for it, should be considered afterwards. Many men 
commence with that which is of least moment to them, and defer the consideration of 
those things which would be useful and profitable, to a period when it is too late to 
reap the advantages which would accrue from them. We thus frequently see men who 
have no sooner begun to prosper in life, than they become eclipsed as it were in their 
very success, and emerge in poverty. Method is as necessary to the art to Live, as to 
the acquirement of Knowledge. 



Selon le pain il faut le couteau. 

Selon ta bourse gouverne ta bouche. 

Fou est qui plus de'pense que sa rente ne vaut. 

Stretch out your legs according to the length of your blanket. 

One ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. 

Chi tutto abraccia, nulla stringa. 

Ce qui vient au son de la flute s'en va au son du tambour. 

Make no more haste than good speed. 

Cavendum est, ne in festinationibus suspiciamus nimias celeritates. — Cicero. 

Qui unumquodque mature transegit, is properat ; qui multa simul incipit neque 
perficit, festinat. — Cato. 

SPENT WITH THE DRUM. 



MORE BELONGS TO RIDING THAN A PAIR OF BOOTS. 



#jjf^ITANS day burning lamp is fet on high, 
^ The more to light'n the Earth from faphir fky ; 

His beames more glorious and confpicuous mine 

From Eaft to Weft, from South to midnight line : 

My light you muft not under bufhell put, 

Nor in a chinky corners prifon fhut ; 

That lights may cleare the chambers all throughout, 

They muft aloft be hanged round about. 

You holy Priefts, to whom the word of light 
Is truft, advance your torches in the fight 
Of mortals, fhew them who in darkenefTe dwell, 
The narrow way that leads to Heaven, from Hell. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




DO NOTHING HASTILY, BUT CATCHING OF FLEAS. 



^^^^^^ TAKE HOLD OF A GOOD MINUTE. ■^^^^^^ 



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strive for a Bone, and the third taketh it away. 




THE DOGS AND THE BONE. 

##LL ye who would a Moral learn, 
llL Your eyes upon this Emblem turn : 

Two dogs in combat fierce you fee, 
For Dogs, like Men, will difagree. 
The caufe of quarrel was a bone, 
With dogs a very frequent one ; 
But while the two in deadly fight, 
Half blind with rage, bark, tear and bite, 



WHEN FORTUNE SMILES, TAKE THE ADVANTAGE. 



IT'S AN ILL WIND BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. 

More bent each other's flefh to wound 

Than heed the bone upon the ground ; 

Up comes a third, attracted by 

The brawl and, quick the caufe t' efpy, 

Snaps up the bone without ado, 

And with it difappears from view. 

The combatants, whofe kindled bile 

Had fomewhat fettled down the while, 

Exhaufted almoft with the fight, 

At once both mifs the bone from fight ! 

And quick as thought, with one confent, 

They ceafe the fray, and both intent 

To find the prize for which they fought, 

With eager hafte the bone is fought : 

But all in vain, no bone is there, — 

But foam and bloodftains everywhere, 

Mingled with clotted flakes of hair. 

At length away the dogs depart, 

In pain and discontent of heart, 

That they, who fought the prize to gain, 

Should doubly lofers thus remain ; 

While fome one, who no riik had run, 

The " bone of their contention " won. 

Such things and like refults are feen 

T' occur full oft young folks between ; 

Among the People oft'ner ftill, 

And Princes, where there's want of fkill. 

But while I 'm on this fubjecf now, 
An inftance I'll relate to you, 
Of which I've known before to-day 
Full many end the felf-fame way. 
Two fuitors woo'd a Burgher maid, 
With dow'ry rich, and each afraid 
His rival mould with her prevail, 
Bethought him all he could t'afTail 
And prejudice the other's name, 
That he might beft fecure the game. 

WHAT FOCRE CANNOT DO, INGENUITY MAY. 



WHILE THE DOGS YELP, THE HARE FLIES TO THE WOOD. 

With feelings fuch on either fide, 

Throughout the City, far and wide, 

Reports were current foon of each, 

Which did fo mutually impeach 

Their name and fame, that fwords alone 

Could for fuch calumnies atone. 

They met — they fought — the younger fell ; 

His rival's blade prov'd all too well 

The bitter rancour of the thruft 

That ftretch'd him proftrate in the dull:. 

Though victor, yet compell'd to fly, 

T'efcape the Duel's penalty ; 

The field at once of both made clear, 

Another fuitor now drew near; 

Who, though before but little feen, 

Had ne'er the lefs, like them too, been 

A Fifher in the felf-fame ftream, 

Though not prefuming fuch to feem ; 

And boldly now he fets his fail, 

To profit by the fav'ring gale; 

Declares in all its honeft truth 

The love that had o'ercaft his youth ; 

Subdues at once the damfel's pride, 

(3 | And changes Sweetheart into Bride. 

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To health and home, the tidings learn'd, 

That one far more difcreet than they, 

Advantage taking of their fray, 

Had won the Prize the proper way. 



T^UMOS concussi, sustulit alter aves. 
Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves. 
Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves. 
Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes. 
Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves. 

Tel bat les buissons 
Qui n'a pas les oisillons. 

WAR IS SWEET TO HIM WHO DOES NOT GO FOR IT. 



CSK&- WHEN THE FRIAR'S BEATEN, THEN COMES JAMES. *S>^ 



HAT e're my flat's my love proves conftant ' frill, 
To this my Soule, we part againft our will ; 
Or when fierce Boreas with his bluftring gale, 
Or fome mifchance my lovely light doth quale : 
Elfe I and Light my life, would never part, 
Before to afhes fates did me convert. 

Nature commands us to maintaine our breath 
And being, fhunning life-deftroying death. 
Yet man from Atropus oft takes the knife, 
And cuts his fatall thred devouring life : 
For why, he fearing death before his day, 
Before th'allarum, makes himfelfe away. 
Ah wretch ! unworthy to behold the fkye, 
Who will not live, and knowes not how to dye. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




TWO SIR POSITIVES CAN'T MEET WITHOUT A SKIRMISH. 



3ETWIXT TWA STOOLS THE DOUP FA'S DOUN. 



Nemo potest "Thetidem simul et Galatean amare. 



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AT THE SAME TIME. 

| - ISTEN, Mates ! attend to me, 
"M! I would fomething to you fay, 
That may of fome fervice be — 

Rather curious in its way! 
I've a fondnefs for the Fair, 

Which, my reafon all defpite, 
Makes me ev'ry day defpair 

Where to fix my heart aright. 



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S=<&cg^ CHI DUE LEPRI CACCIA, -S^'^J 

Ev'ry pretty girl I meet, 

Sets my heart in fuch a ftir, 
That, without the leaft deceit, 

I would make ftrong love to her. 
Thus fo wav'ring in my mind, 

Two girls now at once I woo ; 
But I've long begun to find 

'Tis much more than I can do. 
One is Galatea nam'd, 

And the other, as you know, 
Thetis — for her beauty fam'd, 

Spoken of where'er you go. 
Thetis lives down by the Sea, 

Galatea on the Moor ; . 
N I Thetis talks of fhips to me, 

And of things along the more. 
Galatea, lively lafs ! 

Speaks of dairies, and of cows, 
Of the meadows, and the grafs, 

And the crops her father grows; 
Of the tuneful woods and fields, 

Where the (Keep in hundreds ftray, 
What their fleece in profit yields, 

And the joys of market-day : 
Speaks of fhady lanes to me, 

With their hedgerows green and gay, 
And the Linden trees where we 

Often chat an hour away. 
Thetis too tells pleafing tales 

In the Fifhers' homely talk ; 
How in Greenland they catch whales, — 

Charming 'tis with her to walk ! 
Herring nets to make and mend 

Then fhe tells me how, and I 
Long a helping hand to lend, 

When fhe fpreads them out to dry. 
Plaice and flounders how they take, — 

And how cure them on the fhore ; 



UNA NON PIGL.IA E L'ALTRA LASCIA. 



HE WHO SERVE S TWO MASTERS 

How one man of fifh may make 

Oft a catch of twenty fcore : 
How they fifh with hook and net, 

All fo pleafing like and true, 
That by her bright eyes of jet, 

I'm both hook'd and netted too. 
Galatea fays that fhe 

Likes no fifh, nor thofe who live 
Or by fifhing, or the fea, 

But the reafon fhe won't give. 
Galatea's conftant theme 

Is her butter and her cheefe ; — 
" What's your fish compared to cream ? 

Soles or plaice (fays fhe) to thefe ! " 
If I fpeak of fields and trees, 

Or the leaft of farm-things fay, 
Thetis' look's enough to freeze, 

And fhe takes her hand away : 
If I wear a fifher's drefs, 

Galatea from me turns, 
And, when in farm-clothes, no lefs, 

Thetis all my wooing fpurns. 
When my fifher's cap I've on, 
Flufhings loofe and jacket rough, 

Galatea fays, Begone ! 

But her look is quite enough ! 
If in fhepherd's flouch I go, 

Thetis, if fhe chance to fee, 
Calls me Boor ! and jeers me fo, 

That all eyes are turn'd on me ! 
Thus for two long years have I 

Chafed this game, and nothing caught; — 
Juft as one " who hunts two hares, 

Lofes both, and catches naught." 
So, Mates, when you wooing go, 
Fool is he who my way choofes ; 
Who at once courts fweethearts two, 
Pleafes neither, and both lofes ! 

MUST LIE TO ONE OF THEM. 
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BEHOLD the Bridegroome comes, he takes his way, 
Nor Man, nor Angell knowes the houre or day ; 
He faies, he'le come, much like a theefe in night, 
To judge the world with equity and right; 
Angels fhall charge with trumpets founding cleare, 
And Chrift as Judge fhall in the clouds appeare ; 
The righteous and the wicked mall arife, 
Bodies and Soules, to paffe upon that 'fize. 
He who the oyle of preparation hath, 
Whom Chrift fhall find furnifh'd with faving faith ; 
Shall with the bleffed Bridegroome mount on hie, 
Mongft Seraphimes triumphing glorioufly ; 
But he who hath no oyle, nor faith at all, 
Heavens dreadfull Judge fhall that man curfed call, 
And banifh him into the pit of hell, 
Where with the fiends for ever he muft dwell. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




3UT MORE CUNNING HE WHO CATCHES HIM. 



FAIR TO THE EYE, THAT'S ALL. 



In Recessu Nihil. 




WITHIN IS EMPTINESS. 

*%J^ QU fay that Ifabella is of fuch furpafling grace, 
JL So beautiful in form, and ev'ry feature of her face ; 

That you're furpris'd I do not aik her hand at once, as you 
Affirm, if you were in my place, you would without ado. 
But, Friend, you are miftaken, and you eftimate too high 
The beauty of a figure, and the luftre of an eye: 
Thefe I admit me has, but fomething ftill I wanting find — 
Though beautiful in face, — fhe wants the beauty of the mind. 



BELLE CAGE, SANS OISEAU. 



TWO EYES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT 

She's like the handfome Monument, to which the fculptor's art 
Has given grace and fymmetry to every outward part; 
Externally adorn'd with all that moft the eye can win, 
All outward mew like that is me, but empty all within. 
Pay lefs regard to Form and Face, when you felect a wife ; 
The Beauty of the Mind alone is that which lafts for life. 



A/TISTAKEN Nature here has join'd 

A beauteous face and ugly mind ; 
In vain the faultless features strike. 
When soul and body are unlike : 
Pity that snowy breast should hide 
Deceit and avarice and pride. — Pope. 

Nam divinitus interdum, Venerisque sagittis, 

Deteriore fit ut forma, muliercula ametur; 

Nam facit ipsa suis interdum fcemina factis, 

Morigerisque modis, et mundo corpore culta, 

Ut facile insuescat vir secum ducere vitam. — Ltjcret. 

Plus aliquid forma, est, plus est oculisque genisque ; 

Plus aliquid toto corpore, quidquid amo. — Dan. Heynsius. 

Sit procul omne nefas, ut ameris amabilis esto ; 
Quod tibi non facies, solaque forma dabit. — Ovid. 

Temerariis judiciis plena sunt omnia, de quo desperamus subito convertitur, et fit 
optimus ; de quo multum prassumpseramus, deficit et fit pessimus, nee timor noster 
certus est, nee amor. — August, de Past. 



Judge not according to the Appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 

John vii. 24. 

The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, 
but the Lord looketh on the heart. — 1 Sam. xvi. 7. 

Favour is deceitful, and Beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she 
shall be praised. — Proverbs xxxi. 30. 

Tel semble sage en apparence, 
Qui fol est en quintessence. 



cgKS^S^ TO CHOOSE A WIFE. "S>^^ 



JUDGE NOT OF MEN OR THINGS AT FIRST SIGHT. 



Fronti nulla Fides. 

V^/"HEN travellers first the Pyramids behold, 
Lifting their sun-lit tops in contrast bold 

Against the splendour of th' Egyptian sky ; 
Their grand dimensions to the fancy brings 
The semblance of the Palaces of Kings ; 

So great is their external majesty ! 
But what are they within? — No Halls are there, 
No Royal Courts, nor Princely Chambers fair, 

The imaged scenes of Eastern pageantry. 

What then ? mere dust ! the Ashes of the Dead ! ^ 

Around, within, on every side outspread 

In one drear, dread Sepulchral mockery ! 

'Tis thus we are instructed to beware 

Of judging from Appearances alone ; 
" The Castles that we image in the air " 

Are not more empty — when the truth is known. 



Plus on a de fonds, et plus on est homme. 
npHE Inside ought always to be worth as much again as the outward appearance. 
There are people who have exterior only ; resembling houses which have not 
been finished for want of funds : the entry is palatial, the inside a hovel. This kind 
of Persons presents nothing to fix the attention, or rather, all within them is fixed ; 
for after the first salutation the conversation is ended. They make their introductory 
bow, after the fashion of the Sicilian horses, which after one or two caracoles become 
suddenly metamorphosed into motionless taciturnity. For words are soon exhausted 
when the mind is barren. It is easy for them to deceive others who like themselves 
have nothing but appearance, but they are objects of pity to persons of discernment, 
who soon discover that they are empty within. — Gracian's Maxims. 



Tinnit ; inane est. 

TT'S empty: hark, it sounds: 'tis vain and void, 

What's here to be enjoy' d 
But grief and sickness, and large bills of sorrow, 

Drawn now, and cross'd to-morrow? 
Or what are men, but puffs of dying breath, 

Reviv'd with living death? 
Fond youth, oh, build thy hopes on surer grounds 

Than what dull flesh propounds : 
Trust not this hollow world, 'tis empty : hark, it sounds. 

Quarles' Emblems. 



A FOOLISH WOMAN IS KNOWN BY HER FINERY. 







ALL FLOWERS ARE NOT IN ONE GARLAND. 



HO fo beholds this fmoaky fnuffe of mine, 
He rauft needs thinke that fometime I did mine ; 
But now my Light is gone, my glory's darke, 
Onely of light I have the brand and marke. 

Who for his Country hath with valour flood, 

His wounds doe mew, that he hath fpent his blood : 

In Venus training who hath beene practifed, 

Some token he beares of what he exercifed. 

The Schollars badge, are fallow lookes and blanch, 

The gluttons is the fatnefTe of his panch. 

Vertue and vice doth leave fome token behind, 

Which of themfelves doe put us {till in minde. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




^^■^^ OGNI DONNA A QUALCHE TACCA. -^^S*^ 



UNION GIVES STRENGTH. 



Vechtende Koeyen voegen haar te samen, ah de Wolf komt. 




WHEN THE WOLF COMES, THE OXEN LEAVE OFF 
FIGHTING TO UNITE IN SELF-DEFENCE. 

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Jl^i In furious fight among themfelves, as oft I've feen before, 

Were fuddenly furpris'd to fee fome Wolves, which, crouching low, 
Were dealing on the herd to ftrike an unexpected blow. 
Like magic, all at once, th' inteftine feuds and bloodfhed ceafe, 
As though the common danger had fubdued them all to peace : 
And quick, — as if imprefs'd with all the folly of their ftrife ; 
Made fenfible that Union alone could fave the life 



L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE. 





^^ WARS WITHOUT, MAKE PEACE AT HOME. -§>=^ 




Of each and all, — to face the foe they hafte a ring to form, 




And croup to croup clofe prefs'd make front to meet th' impending ftorm.* 






'Twas juft in time ! for fcarcely were they marfhall'd back to back, 






When down upon the herd already burfts the rav'ning pack : 






But all in vain the Wolves aflail ; for everywhere they meet 






A phalanx of oppofing horns, their onfet fierce to greet; 






And high in air uptofs'd, or difembowell'd on the plain, — 




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Commune periculum dissidentes conjungit. Instante communi periculo, conciliari 
solent dissidentium animi. — Dionys. Halicarn, lib. 8. 






*The instinctive resort of horned cattle to this mode of defence against the wolf, is more especially 






remarkable, and of very frequent occurrence, among the herds of half wild horses in the Bukowina, and 






on the Pusztas of Hungary, with the difference that these form the "Karika" or Ring, with their heels 






outwards, in order to give the wolves the full advantage of that characteristic and efficient mode of 






defence of the horse. — Note of Translator. 




DIVERSITY OF HUMOURS ENGENDERS TUMOURS. 



3<^^^£*§^<^ SCATTERED FIRE BURNS BADLY, ^^^©^^^-s^- 

Ne point montrer le doigt malade. 
Shew not where your finger ails. 

For every one will strike you there. Beware also to complain of it, for in as much 
as Malice always attacks the weakest point, the show of resentment and suffering only 
serves to gratify and to divert it. The malice of mankind always endeavours to unhinge ; 
it gives utterance to cutting words, and resorts to every expedient, until it has dis- 
covered the sore, where it can pierce to the quick. The man of sense and tact 
never exposes his weak point, whether personal or hereditary; because Fortune herself 
takes delight sometimes in wounding the place where she knows the pain will be felt 
most acutely. She always mortifies to the quick. Consequently it is requisite to 
conceal from mankind all knowledge both of that -which mortifies, and of that which 
gives satisfaction ; in order to bring the former to the speediest termination, and to 
make the latter endure the longer. — Gractan. 



Strength is increased by Concord. 
The fast faggot is not easily broken. 

L'TJnion fait la Force. 

Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit. 

Unius dissensione totus consensionis globus disjectus sit. — N: 

Adversity tries friends. 

In angustis amid boni apparent. 

God helps those who help themselves. 

Fortes Fortuna juvat. 

Timidi nunquam statuere tropaeum. — Suidas ex Enpolide. 

Il n'y a que les honteux qui perdent. 

Audaces Fortuna juvat, timidosque repellit. 



§>ui ipsi sibi sapiens prodesse nequis, ne quidquam sapit. 

Cicero, Ep. lib. vii. 
In circumstances of difficulty, there is no better company than a resolute heart ; 
and if that should happen to fail, it should be aided by the Mind. Difficulties grow 
less for them who know how to help themselves. Submit not to the strokes of 
adversity without an effort to overcome them, lest they become less endurable. Some 
persons help themselves so little in their troubles, that they increase them, for want of 
knowing how to meet and bear them with courage. He who knows himself well, finds 
assistance to his weakness in reflection. The man of judgment comes out of every 
dilemma with credit and advantage to himself. 



WHERE T HE KNOT IS LOOSE, THE STRING SLjPPETH. 



WHERE NECESSITY PINCHES, 



wer HILST I give light to others, I decay ; 
W I l°fe m y felfe, whilft I to others play : 

I watch all night with an unfleepy eye, 

And oft, before the day doth dawne, I dye : 

How oft am I by Muttering Boreas mockt, 

And lighting others, I my felfe am chokt ; 

If tumult, of a night aflailing be, 

I am employ'd, no reft, no peace for me : 

What moft of men neglect, that I obferve, 

To fuccour others, though my felfe fhould ftarve : 

A Law but not of nature, which directs 

All of themfelves to have the prime refpects. 
Codrus the King, his Country to defend, 
Much like a Prodigall his life did fpend ; 
The Pelican to feede her plumelefTe brood, 
Doth lance her breaft, and ftraine her pureft blood, 
The watchfull ftieepherd feldome feeing fleepe, 
Directs, and keepes from wolves his ftraying fheepe : 
Even Chrift himfelfe, the Sonne of the moft Hie, 
Did fuffer death, left mortall man mould die. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




BOLDNESS IS PRUDENCE. 



SEMPER OB INSIDIIS CYNTHIA FLERE SOLET. 



Dum plorat, vorat. 




WHILE SHE WEEPS, SHE DEVOURS. 



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^ A vifit to my fweetheart fair, 
Her face quite fill'd me with difmay, 

She look'd fo pale and wan with care. 
That fhe, fo full of life and fong, 

As was her wont, thus fad mould be, 
Made me conclude, that fomething wrong 

Had her befall'n — or p'rhaps that me 

Had got fome filly doubts of me. 



VRIENT, LET'ER OP; MEN VINT'ER NOCH. 



BEAUTE ET FOLIE SONT SOUVENT 



Well, dearest love ! — but what is this 1 
What ails 1 what has occurr'd to thee 1 

Why then so cold 1 — not e'en one kiss ! — 
Art ill — or discontent with me? 

Nay, nay, thou'rt ill I'm sure — I see, 
I know it by thy drooping eye, 

Thou lookst not as thou'rt wont on me, 
Come let me know, — why then that sigh 1— 
Speak, speak, did I yet aught deny? 

But long she made me no reply, 

Though still she sigh'd, and I could see, 

The more I said, the more her eye 

Was fill'd with tears, and turn'd from me : 

Until at length quite griev'd, I said, 

Come cease this weeping — speak then, do— 

Tell me thy grief, nor be afraid ; 
If silent thus, how can I know 
In what to aid or comfort you 1 ? 

On this upon my arm she laid 

Her pretty hand, and murm'ring low — 
Alas ! 'tis this — (she sighing said) 

My cause of grief, since you will know : 
A sad misfortune I have had ! 

That e'er so luckless I could be ! 
I've lost — I'm sure I shall go mad — 

That handsome ring you gave to me ! 

Which all admir'd who us'd to see. 

And then — Oh ! woe is me ! — to-day, 
While walking in the Park, I felt 

The Bracelet on my arm give way, — 
I really thought my heart would melt : 

I look'd, and lo ! the diamond clasp 
Which held the string of pearls I wear, 

Had broken somehow at the hasp ! — 

You know what splendid pearls they were I 
Well ! eight are lost, I do declare ! 

Oh ! how shall I this loss repair % — 
All thy best presents thus to lose ; — 

I've scarce a jewel now to wear ! 

And fifty pounds won't replace those ! 



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2^5^ G^UI FEMME CROIT, ET ANE MENE, "S*g; 



When she had ended this lament, 

Her sobs and tears came fast anew, 
And I, upon her grief intent, 

Knew neither what to say or do, 

And truth to say, 'twas vexing too. 

When just as I was deep in thought, 

How best her grief somewhat t' allay, 
A Jeweller my notice caught, 

Who seem'd by chance t' have come that way : 
Greeting us both with much respect, 

He op'd his caskets to our view : 
And said — Sir, p'rhaps you'll not object 

To let me shew some rings to you — 

And to my lady, something new ! 

She, (so it seem'd) her grief appeas'd 

At once, at sight of all his ware, 
A costly diamond ring first seiz'd, 

The finest, largest he had there ; 
And said : — Ah ! this is just the kind 

Of ring that I have wish'd for so ! ^ 

Had I but now a generous friend 

To buy me that ! — 'twould soothe my woe ! — 

And, as she spoke, she kiss'd me too. 

I, mov'd to see her mournful face, 

Ask'd him the cost ; and being told, 
Began to bid for it apace; 

I found I'd just the sum in gold : 
But nothing in the price would he 

Abate — and she, with eyes still red, 
Look'd in my face so anxiously ! — 

That e'er I well knew what I said, 

The ring was bought, and money paid. 

That I'd been cheated to my face, 

Since then I found to my surprise ! 
The thing was plann'd to time and place, 

It was her Brother in disguise ! 
'Twas her own diamond ring that I 

Had bought and paid for o'er anew ! 
So when you see your Sweetheart cry, 

Take heed, my Friends, what 'tis you do. 

But laugh or weep 'tis much the same, 
They're both the sex's Winning Game. 



SON CORPS NE SERA JAMAIS SANS PEINE. 



I_A FEMME FOLLE EST BRUANTE. 



""HEN that my clammy fubftance was entire, 
I was an earthly nurfe of heav'n-bred fire ; 
Now envious time doth me in afhes turne, 
And to a tedious fnuffe my light doth burne : 
Loe I have done, take thou this light of mine ; 
I yeeld, doe what thou canft, the turne is thine. 
So the Comedian having plaid his mare, 
Gives place to others, who then actors are : 
A King his weighty office having done, 
Dying transfers his Scepter to his fonne : 
When that the crafie Souldiers ftrength doth faile, 
The younger muft the enemy affaile. 

Happy is he the evening of whofe daies 
Doth crowne his death with ever-living bayes. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




A FOOLISH WOMAN IS CLAMOROUS. 



BETTER BEND THAN BREAK. 



Cedendo J 7 ictor abibis. 




BY YIELDING THOU MAY'ST CONQUER. 

THAT the (lender Reed you fee, 
Chaf'd and driven by the blaft, 
Should not foon uprooted be, 
Or upon the waters caft ; — - 
That fo frail a thing in form 
Is not quickly borne away, 
Rent to tatters by the ftorm, 
Is a wondrous thing, you fay ? 



cg^ FLECTI NON FRANGI. ■*&& 



HE THAT ENDURETH, IS NOT OVERCOME. 

Since fo oft the {lately Oak, 

Tow'ring upward to the ikies, 
Is uprooted by the ftroke, 

E'en defpite its ftrength and fize ! 
Strange as this may feem to thee, 

'Tis with wife instruction rife, 
And imports how men may be 

Victors in the ftorms of Life. 
Things of lowly growth and height 

Have but little weight to bear ; 
And, whate'er the tempeft's might, 

Feel it in diminifh'd fhare : 
Lefs expos'd to every wind 

Than the lofty foreft trees, 
n|! Humbler plants a quiet find 

That is feldom known to thefe. 

Fragile though the Reed appear 

To refill fo fierce a blaft, 
Yet it hath no need to fear ; 

For when once the gale is pair, 
Lifting then its head anew, 

Still unharm'd, o'er fen and lake, 
Proves the antient maxim true, 

"That which bends, doth feldom break." 



A UREAM quisquis mediocritatem 
Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti 
Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda 
Sobrius aula. 

Horace, lib. ii. 
Felix, mediae quisquis turbas 
Parte quietus, aura stringit 
Littora tuta, timidusque mari 
Credere cymbam, remo terras 
Propriore legit. — Seneca, Agamem. 
Crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, et intra 
Fortunam debet quisque manere suam. — Ovid. 



S^LIGHT BURDENS BRAK NAE BANES.-M 





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Rebus in adversis facile est contemnere vitam, 






Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest. 






In adverse times, 'tis easy of life's burdens to complain ; 






But nobler far, with fortitude to suffer, and. sustain. 






The gods take pleasure oft when haughty mortals 






On their own Pride erect a mighty fabric, 






By slightest means to lay their towering schemes 






Low in the dust, and teach them they are nothing. 

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In what's withholden as in what's bestow'd. 






Then let me pause — and if presumptuous thought 






My humble state bewails, or grieves at aught ; 






soothe with calm content, that I may share 






Thy gifts with grateful heart, whate'er they are. — Anon. 






THE END MAKES ALL EG^UAL. 





3IRTH IS A POOR DISH ON THE TABLE. 



F thus my light nights fable filence glads, 

Making a cheerefull roome in midnight mads ; 
If Gold'n-like Phoebus and his filver filler, 
He in the day, fhee in the night doth glifter ; 
What thought-furpaffing light then mail that be, 
When we in Heaven Empyrean God fhall fee ? 
Sooner thou canfl: the world hold in thy hand, 
Or in a fhell containe the glaffie ftrand ; 
Than tell how glorious is the light of Heaven, 
That dark 'ns the Sunne, Moone, Stars, and Planets feven : 
This onely tell : it is not Phoebus light, 
Nor Phoebes, nor the fpangles of the night. 
That light which tongue cannot, nor mind defcry, 
Once malt thou fee, a fupreame Deity. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




O^'vr- - ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL- *%>£*§*€; 



WHO BEGINS AMISS ENDS AMISS. -S^J 



Assdi rumori, e poca lana. 




GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL. 

TTEREIN we fee a fomewhat novel Sight, 
WE To which the Reader's notice we invite : 
One man doth (hear a Sheep, and ftrange to fee, 
Another fhears a Pig in company. 
Let us confider what this thing may mean ; 
Perchance therefrom fome kffon we may glean. 
He, who the Pig doth fhear, the fenfelefs lout, 
Believes he knows full well what he's about ; 



VEEL GESCHREEUWS, EN LUTTEL WOL. 





MUCH WOULD HAVE MORE, 




And that when done, to him there will accrue 




By far the greater profit of the two. 






The Pig's the heavieft beaft he thinks, no doubt, 






Has thickeft fat, and much the longeft fnout ; 






But the unruly brute, like all his kind, 






Is hard to manage, nor at all inclin'd 






To yield fubmiffive to his treatment new, 






And gives his Shearer roughifh work to do. 






Rending the air with fhrilleft, piercing fhrieks, 






He kicks and ftruggles, twifts about and fqueaks 






With fuch untiring ftrength and energy, 






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His lap not only, but his bafket full, 
Atteft which Shearer hath the better gains, 
Both as to profit and to gift of brains. 
'Tis thus in life we not unfrequent fee, 
How fome Men labour long and wearily, 
T' achieve a purpofe which they have in view, 
Yet lofe their labour and the object too; 
The while that others eafily attain 
A kindred purpofe, with completeft gain. 
In all men do, fo much on tact depends, 






That where that fails, fuccefs but rare attends ; 




AND OFT MEETS WITH LESS. 



DO THE LIKELIEST AND HOPE THE BEST 

That which is well confidered beft fucceeds ; 
That which is well conducted fureft fpeeds : 
Hence who in Shearing would no profit lack, 
Should choofe a beaft with wool upon its back ; 
Confider well all he would take in hand, 
Nor mix with matters he don't underftand : 
What one Man does, another fails to do ; 
What's fit for me, may not be fit for you. 



A L te wijs kan niet beginnen, 

Al te geek kan niet versinnen ; 
Tusschen mal, en tusschen vroet, 
Wint men wel het meeste goet. 

Hy moet wagen 
Die wil bejagen. 

Die dit en gint geduerig schroomen, 
Hoe konnen die tot rijekdom koraen 1 

Gato guantato non prese mai sorci. 

'T Mach wayen, stil zijn, vloeyen, of ebben, 
Die niet en waegt en sal niet hebben. 

Sumptum faciat oportet is qui lucrum quasrit. 

Rien ne s'acquiert sans aventure, et nen se conserve sans industrie. 

Chi guerda a ogni piuma, non fa mai letto. 

Sonuer wagen niet vergaren, 
Sonder wijsheyt niet bevvaren. 

Die elcke veer wil sien en raken, 
Hoe kan die oyt een bedde maken I 

Qui n'a guere, 
N'a guerre. 

Neringh en is geen erf. 

Qui perd le sien, perd le sens. 

WHO DOES TOO MUCH OFTEN DOES LITTLE. 

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WHO PROVES TOO MUCH PROVES NOTHING. 



MY Light up to Heav'ns Manfions ftill doth move, 
Seeking his native place of reft above ; 
But being ty'd in bondage to this frame, 
It ftoopes to feeke his food, and feed his flame : 
So ftill it finkes downeward, untill it turne 
Into a fnuffe, and afties ceafe to burne. 

My mind, I know not how, longeth to flye, 
Unto the Heavenly Courts and Saphire fky, 
But ftill its plung'd, fo to the body bound, 
That its compel'd to grovell on the ground : 
Thus cralling for its food my foule can fret, 
And tafting Lote, his Country doth forget. 
Farlie's 




j?<^^<^ DRIVE THE NAIL. THAT WILL. GO. ^g^s*© 



A FULE'S LEAD IS NAE SPEED. 



Krepel wil altijdt voor danfen. 




CRIPPLE WILL ALWAYS LEAD THE DANCE. 

1 ROSSING o'er a Village green, 
Once I faw a pleafant fcene ; 
Country lads and lafTes gay, 
Dancing on the firft of May, 
Singing, fhouting, full of glee ; 
'Twas a pleafant fight to fee 
How they danc'd the May-pole round, 
To the Bagpipe's merry found. 



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Almoft mad with jollity. 






But among them all was one 






Who in noife the reft outdone, 






He, the leader of the game, 






Was both bandy-legg'd and lame, 






With a club-foot of fuch flze, 






As quite fill'd me with furprife, 






That fo clumfy fhaped a thing 






Should be leader of the ring. 




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Though to limp is all he can, 






Cripple is a clever man, 






And whatever may befall, 






Cripple muft be firft of all. 






Is it not a curious thing, 






When thereto our thoughts we bring, 






That a fhallow-pated fool 






Juft efcaped from boarding fchool, 






Wanting mereft common fenfe, 






Full of prate and vain pretence, 




IS AS WELCOME AS SALT TO A SORE EYE. 





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Is the firft to have his fay, 




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Quanoo la cornemusa e piena, commincia a sonare. 






When the bag-pipe's full it begins to sound. 






Stultum, quam semi-stultum ferre, facilius est. — Ben-Syra. 






A FOOL WHO HOLDS HIS TONGUE PASSES FOR WISE. 





A FULL- SACK FRICKS UP ITS EARS. 

(O H wretch unworthy of thy infamous name, 

J Burne not this facred Church, to raife thy fame : 

For though twas built by Heath'ns impiety, 

Yet ought it not be thus deftroy'd by thee : 

Truft me impiety every where is nought, 

And Heath'ns their heathen profaneneffe dearly bought : 

Let Tolofe gold, and Delphus robbery, 

And Hammons fandy ire this teftifie : 

It's thine, not my default, for I was made 

For facrifice, and to make Creatures glad. 

Nothing fo harmelefTe and fo good can be, 
Which may not hurt, by mans impiety. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




<Z^ A FOOL WILL HAVE HIS FLING. ^^ 



<3l_l DENARI SONO SPIRITI FOLLETTI. 



Feu, Toux, Amour, et Argent ne se cachent longuement. 




FIRE, COUGH, LOVE, AND MONEY, ARE NOT LONG 
CONCEALED. 



THIS Candle I would carry fo 
That neighbours cannot fee 
A gleam of Light that may in aught 

Reveal a glimpfe of me ; 
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I fear the light is feen ; 






Its rays ftill ftream thro' all the holes 






And Lanthorn's chinks between ;■ 






Whatever care I take, howe'er 






I ftrive to fhade it o'er, 






Some gleams pierce thro' behind, or at 






The fide, or thro' the door. 




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The beft thing he can do, 






Is one of his own age to choofe, 






Who has a bad cough too. 






A fellow who to gain his bread, 






Runs errands here and there, 






Found recently, a purfe well fill'd 
With ducats, in the Square : 




EN DE HANDT IS BY DE SMERTE, 



5^^ HOE DATJE GELT OF LIEFDE SLUYT, ^£5 

With joy elate he took it home, 

And to his Wife he faid : 
Look here! dear Trijn ! I've found a prize! 

Our fortune now is made ! 
But you ! you muft not breathe a word ; 

So mind you what you do ! 
No one, Trijn, fave yourfelf, muft aught 

Of this good Wind-fall know ! 
No longer now with meftages 

Will I run here and there ; 
But like a Burgher live at eafe, 

And have the beft of cheer ! 
Therefore ftitch thou this purfe infide 

Thy fleeve, or elfe fomewhere. 
Trijn fwore me would, and with an oath 

To take the beft of care. 
But, mark ! e'en from that very time, 

The Wife began to fpend ; 
Drefs fine, prate large, and treat or this 

Or that dear-goflip-friend; 
The Man, -too, he will go no more 

With meflages— not he ; 
Such paltry jobs he fays are quite 

Beneath his dignity. 
The Daughter, fhe is drefs'd as fine— 

The babe put out to nurfe, 
'Tis wondrous ftrange ! but money ne'er 

Will ftop within the purfe ! 
At length the truth gets wind, and lo ! 

The man is prifoner made, 
And mourns within a cell, that he 

Had left an honeft trade. 
The fprightly Trijn in forrow blames 

Her foolifti fpendthrift-riot ; 
And all becaufe the money would 

Not reft in peace and quiet. 



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THERE IS NOTHING SO SECRET 



% ]\ Y Light is gone, yet hope doth fr.il! remaine, 
J That Light revived fhall quick'n me againe. 

I gaine by death, for fo I longer laft, 
Life fhall returne, after fome houres are paft. 

All of us dye, when this our threed is fpunne, 
And cut, deaths droufie fleepe is then begunne. 
After the ghueft is gone, the Innes decay, 
Our body's turn'd to rubbifh and to clay ; 
Untill the foule returning doe pofTefTe 
Our bodies in Eternall happinefTe. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




^S^BUT \T TRANSPIRES.'&S^S 



EVERY ONE SPEAKS AS HE IS. 



Elck Vogeltje singt sotft gebeckt is. 




EVERY BIRD SINGS ACCORDING TO HIS BEAK. 

TIS an old Saying and a true, 
That ev'ry bird rings its own note ; 
Nor can it any other do 

But as permits its beak and throat. 
Whene'er you rove thro' field or wood, 

And well attend with ears and eyes, 

You'll find the Proverb juft and good, 

Whate'er the bird in fhape or fize. 



EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE. 





EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN CALLING, 




Thofe which a hook'd fharp beak have got, 




Are for the raoft part Birds of Prey, 






And bent alone on War, they wot 






No note of fong or minftrelfy. 
Whene'er near rivers, lake or flood, 






You chance a flat-beak'd bird to meet, 






From groping in the flufh and mud, 






Be fure his voice is never fweet. 






The birds with longer flute-like beak, 






Might more be thought to fong inclin'd, 




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But in his mouth beyond compare 
The nobler Godlike power to fpeak ! 






And when he fpeaks in fpirit kind, 
What note of bird more foftly fweet 






To breathe the mufic of the mind, 






When kindred hearts and fpirits meet ! 






But when the mouth of Man outpours 






The blaft of Paffion's wrathful Breath, 




AND THE OX TO THE PLOUGH. 



EVERY ONE SNEEZES AS GOD PLEASES. 

The Lion not more fiercely roars 

His angry note of blood and death ! 
Hence what befalls mankind between, 

Comes from a deeper fource exprefs'd, 
Where fits, by ev'ry eye unfeen 

But God's, the impulfe of the breaft. 
The Mouth commands, implores, decries, 

As moves the Heart, and gives thereto 
The tone which moft its will implies, 

By force or foftnefs to fubdue. 
Hence ye who fpeak in bitter tone, 

And fiercely wound another's heart, 
Beware, and learn to curb thine own, 

Left it repay thee fmart for fmart. 

As " by his ears the Afs is known," 
A truth which no one can impeach, 

" The Man," as Proverbs long have fhewn, 
" Is known as truly by his fpeech." 



"P\IE rede verrath das hertz. 

The speech betrays the man. 

Au chant cognoit on l'oiseau, 
Et au parler le bon cerveau. 

Al suono si cognosce la saldezza del vaso. 

Was der Man kan, 
Zeiget seine rede an. 

Nabal nabala idaber. — Turkish Adage. 

Id est, 

Stultus stulta loquitur. 

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. — Matthew xii. 34. 



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ATURE propounds a dilemme, chufe I muft, 
J Either to dye by light, or rot by rufl : 

If I feeke eafe and reft, then lafinefle 
Doth me confume with mouldy hoarinefle; 
But if I love to fhine with glorious ray, 
Then by my flames in teares I melt away. 
Patience doth light'n this evill : I wifh to live 
In glorious light, and light to others give. 

This life is worne out with laborious toile, 
And flothfull reft doth minde and body fpoile ; 
But yet it's better for to dye a fparke, 
Than like a laizie moule to live in darke. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




EVERY MAN AS HIS BUSINESS LIES. 



A STILL TONGUE MAKES A WISE HEAD, 



On ne prend Lievre au Tabourin, ny Oiseau a ■ la Tartevelle. 




HARES ARE NOT CAUGHT WITH BEAT OF DRUM, 
NOR BIRDS WITH TARTLETS. 

|JE who by beat of drum would catch a hare, 
** Took the beft means his purpofe to defeat; 
For foon as Pufs the noife began to hear, 
With ears erect (he quickly left her feat, 



CS<^ A MUCHA PAROLA OBRA POCA. -S>^" 



BIRDS ARE ENTANGLED BY THEIR FEET, 

And making nimbly for the neareft wood, 

Within its leafy cover got away, 
Leaving our friend and dogs, however good, 

But little chance their fleetnefs to difplay : 
So that at eve, returning from his fport, 

With empty game-bags and dejected look, 
He found but little reafon to report 

His ftrange device — for not a hare he took ! 
He who in Council fits, or would attain 

Knowledge of aught, or fee his plans fucceed, 
Of all things firft his tongue ihould well reftrain, 

Nor fpeak a word beyond the matter's need : 
For he who lets his tongue his wits outrun, 

And blabs his businefs into all men's ears, 
Will find it fpoil'd e'er yet it hath begun, 

And reap no other harveft than their jeers. ^ 

In Love affairs as in State Government, 

The Lover and the Prince fucceeds the beft, 
Who Silence keeps upon his mind's intent, ^ 

Nor e'en permits his purpofe to be guefs'd. h 

Nothing by chatter ever yet was done, 
Q. Conqueft achiev'd, nor battle ever won ; 

But who with " ftill tongue " doth his aim purfue, 

Wins beft as Lover, and as Warrior too. 







IlaAai to o-iyaj/ (£a/o/xaKOV /?Aa/3?7s «X W - — ^ESCHYL. Agam. 
Id est, 
Silere pridem remedium damnis puto. 

Eximia est Virtus, prsestare silentia rebus : 
At contra gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui. — Ovid, 2 Art. 

Weise Leut' haben ihren Mund em Herzen. 
Alle vogels schouwen d'openbare netten. 

Chi dice tutto quel ch'egli sa, fa tutto quel ch'egli pub, e mangia cib ch'egli ha; 
non gli resta niente. 



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QOSSIPS AND TALEBEARERS SET ON FIRE 



Sag' nicht Alles das Du weist, 
Glaub' nicht Alles das Du horest, 
Thue nicht Alles das Du kannst, 
Wisse nicht Alles das Du lisest. 

Multorum conscii pauca loquuntur. 

In ira. nihil decentius quam cum adest silentium. — Plutarch, de Cohib. Ira. 

Vestigatoribus et venatoribus diurni nocturnique labores essent irriti, si non 
silentio priusquara venabulis et impetu, feras interciperent. 

Carol. Paschal. Virt. et Fit. cap. 32. 

Qui veut prendre oiseau, ne faut 1'effaroucher. 



q Silence is the Sanctuary of Prudence. 

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A RESOLVE loudly expressed was never yet much esteemed. He who declares his 

~ intentions, exposes himself to censure, and if he does not succeed he is doubly 

\r\\ unfortunate. 

A man is always in time to speak, but not to refrain from speaking. We should 

D ! speak as we make a Will; the fewer the words the less ground for law-suits. We 

<<• should accustom ourselves thereto in matters of little moment, so that we may not fail 

to do so in affairs of importance. Whosoever is prompt to speak, is always upon the 

~ point of being conquered and convinced. 

1 A heart without a secret is an open letter. Where there is depth, the secrets lie 
J]} deep : for there must be great space, and a great vacuum, which will hold all that is 
thrown into it. Reserve derives from the great controul a man has over himself, and 
V that is a real triumph. We pay tribute to all to whom we disclose our affairs. The 

security of Prudence consists in interior moderation. The things we would do should 
be kept to ourselves, and those which may be told may not be good to do.* 

We should hear and see, but thereby be silent. — Gracian's Maxims. 

S'il y a beaucoup d'art a parler, il n'y en a pas moins a se taire. 

La Rochefoucauld. 



* It was said of Pope Alexander VI. and of his Son the Due de Vai.entinois. that the father 
r did what he said, and the son never said what he did. 



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BAY NOT ALL THOU KNOWE 



Sfjfj^HE carefull Matrone in her cell below, 

* Let fall a groat, yet where fhe did not know : 
Forthwith fhe tinnes a Light, then with her broome 
She neatly fweepes the corners of the roome : 
Thus from the duft and darkenefTe when me finds it, 
More than the Phrygian Midas wealth fhe mindes it. 
Our foule a divine fparke fince that it fell 
Into Cimmerian darkenefTe of this cell, 
The foules true knowledge doth appeare no more 
Which goeth beyond Pygmalions richeft ftore. 
Then muft we light Cleanthes Lamp and find 
B T ftudy, the loft treafure of our mind. 

Far lie's Emblems. 




BELIEVE NOT ALL THOU HEAREST. 



_LITTLE CHIPS KINDLE A LARGE FIRE. 



Culex fodit oculum Leonis. 




THE GNAT STINGS THE EYES OF THE LION. 

IpRIENDS! come here and lift to me! 

Something ftrange I would relate ; 
Should it prove of ufe to thee, 

That will me well compenfate. 

Though fo ftrong the Lion be, 

Though fo full of Majefty, 



LITTLE BROOKS MAKE GREAT RIVERS. 



LITTLE BODIES HAVE GREAT SOULS. 

Though his eyes fo fiercely gleam, 
And fo terrible he feem ; 
That no man, whoe'er he be, 
Can unmov'd his anger fee ; 
Yet the gnat, though he's fo fmall, 
And fo flight of limb withal, 
Is fo wond'rous brave and keen, 
That the Lion oft is feen 
Fill'd with dread as foon as he 
Gnats perceives but two or three ! 
Yet the gnat doth not attack 
Slyly, or behind his back; 
But, firft, like a gen'rous foe, 
Scorning all advantage low, 
When the Lion comes in fight, 
Sounds his challenge to the fight; 
And forthwith bids him prepare 
All his fierceft wrath to bear. 
Nor doth he aflault his foe 

Q Where he leaft defence can fhow ; 

Though fo fmall, yet keenly bold, 
Like a Paladin of old, 
He the Lion fcorns t'aflail, 
On the flank or on the tail. 
Front to front in open fight, 
Heedlefs of the Lion's might, 
Headlong at his face he flies, 
And attacks his rage-lit eyes. 
Where the Lion beft can fee 
All his foe's hoftility, 
There the gnat, his rage defpite, 
Rufhing 'mid their flafhing light, 
Deeply flings the fount of fight; 
Till half blind and mad with pain, 
The Lion flees acrofs the plain. 

Let Arrogance by this be taught, 

That whatfoe'er its Strength and Size, 

CF<^ LITTLE MISCHIEF, TOO MUCH. ->§^ 

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SMALL GAINS BRING GREAT WEALTH. 

There's nothing with more danger fraught 
Than what is little, to defpife ; 

There's neither man nor brute fo great 
But, like the Lion pictur'd here, 

May learn to rue the wrath and hate 
Of that which feem'd too, fmall to fear. 



TNIMICUM quamvis humilem docti est metuere 

A cane non magno saspe tenetur aper. — Ovid. Ari. 
Leo etiam minimarum avium fit pabulum. — Curtius. 
Un petit homme abat bien grand' chesne. 
q Een kleyn man, met een kleyn geweer, 

Z Velt wel een grooten boom ter neer. 

Inest et formicae sua bilis. ^ 

Habet et musca splenem. Q] 

Et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent. — Martial, i. Ep. 4. ,., 

Ne despicias debilem : nam Culex fodit oculum leonis. — Strabo. ^D 

A mouse in tyme mave bite in two a cable. — Old English Proverb. Z 


1 read a worm on the tayle, and it wil turne againe. — Ibid. 

Twas the Mouse that set the Lion free. — Ibid. 
Wen der feind ist wie ein omeiss, 

So halt ihn doch fur ein elephant. ^ 

Un petit moucheron pique bien un grand cheval. 
Q Een Kat siet wel op een Koning. 

A cat maye looke at a Kinge. — Old English Proverb. 
Il n'y a si grand, ni si sage, 
Qui de petit n'ait bien dommage. 
Il est bien petit qui ne peut nuire. 
Gesellex, wilt uw wel beraden, 
Hy is wel klein die niet kan schaden. 
Il n'est pas sage qui n'a peur d'un fol. 
Es ist nicht an der grosse gelegen, 
Sonst erlieff eine kuh einen hasen. 
Grande Ville rien dedans ; 
Petite chose nuist souvent. 
Anche la moscha ha la sua collera. 



SMALL RAIN LAYS A GREAT WIND. 



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DON'T DIVIDE THE SPOIL. BEFORE THE VICTORY IS WON. 



|f| NE candle difpels the darkenefTe of the night, 
^ And many doe refemble Phoebus light : 
One Sunne illight'ns the round globe every where, 
What way th' horizon bounds the hemifphere : 
If you ten thoufand thoufand Sunnes mould fee 
At once, O what a daylight would that be ! 

When Chrift amidft the clouds our doome mall plead, 
When Earth and Sea mall render up their dead, 
Saints more then ftarres at once mall mount on hye, 
As glorious Sunnes, to meete Chrift in the flcye. 
That day mall drive away the darkeneife fo, 
That after that, no day mail darkenefTe know. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




^■^^<^ LITTLE 



ilRDS MAY PICK A DEAD LION. -=^-s>© 




LIKE MELONS, FRIENDS ARE TO BE FOUND IN PLENTY, 
OF WHICH NOT EVEN ONE IS GOOD IN TWENTY. 



fN choofing Friends, it's requisite to ufe 
The felf-fame care as when we Melons choofe 
No one in hafte a Melon ever buys, 
Nor makes his choice till three or four he tries ; 
And oft indeed when purchafing this fruit, 
Before the buyer can find one to fuit, 



TRY THE ICE BEFORE YOU VENTURE ON IT. 



TRUST NOT A NEW FRIEND, 

He's e'en obliged t'examine half a fcore, 
And p'rhaps not find one when his fearch is o'er. 
Be cautious how you choofe a friend; 

For Friendfhips that are lightly made. 
Have feldom any other end 

Than grief to fee one's truft betray 'd ! 



T3EPR0EF uw vrient, 
I, Beproef uw svveert, 

Dat is uw groote schatten weert. 

^ Who from mishap himself would guard, 

9 Must prove his Friend as he'd prove his sword. 

Les amis sont comme le melon, 

II faut essayer plusieurs, pour rencontrer un bon. 

Le compagnon ou l'ami qui se tourne a inimitie, n'est-il pas une tristesse qui 
demeure jusque a la mort ? — Syrach. xxxvii. 2. 

Esprouve tes amis selon ton pouvoir. — Ibid. ix. 21. 

Si tu acquiers un ami, acquiers-le en l'esprouvant, et ne te fie point en luy 
legerement. — Ibid. vi. 7. 

Kpivei <f>i\ov<; o kcu/dos, cLs )(pvo~ov to Trvp. — MeNANDER. 

Id est, 

Aurum probatur igne, amicus tempore. 

As Fire, of Gold is e'er the surest test, 

So Time doth prove the worth of Friendship best. 



There is nothing better or more advantageous to mankind than prudent Diffidence ; 
'tis the guard and preservation of our lives and fortunes, our own security obliges us 

to it ; without it there would be no caution, without which no safety For 

who can secure himself of Man's heart, hid in the privatest corner of the breast, 
whose secrets the tongue dissembles, the eyes and all the motions of the body 
contradict 1 — Astry's Saavedra Faxardo. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : Who can 
know it %— Jeremiah xvii. 9. 



<&<^ NOR AN OLD ENEMY. 





TRUST NOT STILL- WATER, 






F^/j"^ Judgment of the Many. 






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To my heart's hope ! — gold, silver and base lead. 






"Who chooseth me, must give and hazard all -he hath." 






You shall look fairer, ere I give or hazard. 






What says the golden chest 1 ha ! let me see : — 






"Who chooseth me, shall gain what many men desire." 






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Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew that he may one day become 






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It is better to untie, than to break a friendship.— Cato. 






Our friends sometimes exhibit vices which have long been concealed. The best 






thing then to be done is to abate your intercourse gradually. You should unstitch, but 






not tear. — Cicero. 






c§p<&- NOR A SILENT MAN. ^^ 





S^O^:?^ TRUST MAKES WAY FOR TREACHERY. ^^5^*3^ 



N fecret filence of the night what's done 
Is truft to me, concealed from the Sunne. 
Phoebus did Mars and Venus' love betray, 
And turning backe did greater crimes bewray : 
What I doe fee when witneffe is afleepe, 
That like Harpocrates I clofely keepe. 

Let mortals learne to rule their tongue by me, 
What lawfull fecret they doe heare or fee. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




TRUST NOT A GREAT WEIGHT TO A SLENDER THREAD. 



EVERY ONE FOR HIMSELF AND GOD FOR US Al_l_. 



Ogni Gallo ruspa a se. 




EVERY COCK SCRATCHES TOWARDS HIMSELF. 

|pf ENTLE Reader, would you fee — 
U" Would you fomewhat wifh to know 
Life, depided truthfully, 
And how things in this World go ? 
Simple though this Emblem be, 

In thefe bufy Fowls you'll find, 
Symbolifed moft faithfully, 

Type moft true of Human Kind. 



&<&, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSEL', QUO' THE MARTIN. ■°$>3> 





<2<&> SELF DO, SELF HAVE. *tS>& 




Well obferve how ev'ry one, 




Picking, fcratching here and there, 






Looks to felf, and felf alone, 






Recklefs how his neighbours fare. 






Not a bird among them all 






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Tells him where he faw one fall, 






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Elck wil de boter op sijn koeck hebben. 






"Elck voor hem selven, en Godt voor ons alien. 






Chacun tire l'eau a son moulin. 






Chacun estudie pour soy. 






Chacun tire a son profit. 






Quisque suae casse. 






A la Cour du Roy 






Chacun pour soy. 




AIDE TOI, DIEU T'AIDERAS. 



A' WA'D HAE A'. 

Es denckt ein yeder in seinen Sack. 

Ogni grillo grilla a. se. 

Ognun tira l'acqua al suo mulino. 

Tutti vogano alia galiota. 
Tirano a. se. 

Ogniuno caccia con la rete al suo fratello. 

Les vertus se perdent dans l'inte'ret comme les fleuves se perdent dans la 1 



Doet uw Saecken met Verstant. 

A KING of England being at table in the house of one of his Courtiers, and finding 

the dwelling spacious and full of costly furniture and plate, although the owner 
had been in but very narrow circumstances previous to his appointment to the office 
he then held, the King became very desirous to learn from him how he amassed so 
much valuable property in so short a period : assuring him at the same time that no 
mischief should come to him if he told the truth. Whereupon the Courtier, thus 
< pressed, said incontinently, that he had always been a man of exceeding diligence 

(0 and industry : that he had constantly made it a rule to rise early in the morning, and 

; ^ always looked after his own concerns first ; having completed which, he then attended 

q to the King's business. Upon this the King made answer that he should have just 

-J done the very reverse ; that he should have first minded the King's business, and then 

X his own. The Courtier forthwith assured the King that he had thereby never done 

P the least prejudice to his Majesty's affairs ; for that he had only appropriated the time 

passed by others in sleep to the care of his own personal concerns ; having effected 
q: , which, he still got to the duties of his Office before those who, having indulged in long 
W sleep, had got to theirs, and had neglected their own affairs. 



Collige, non omni tempore messis erit. 

Vergader graen in uwe schuren, 
De Oegst en sal niet eeuwigh dueren. 

Es ist alle tage Jagen-tag, 
Aber nit alle tage fange-tag. 

Provision faite en saison, 
Fait de bien a la maison. 



SELF'S THE MAN. 



EVERY ONE RAKES 



FIRE UNDER HIS OWN POT. 



HILST theeves doe digge at middle of the night, 
Working the works of darkenefle, not of Light ; 
No fooner through the window they me fpy 
But they affrighted turne their backes and fly. 
This Light ill-doers no wayes can abide, 
Simply revealing, what they falfely hide. 

There was a time when all in darkenefTe lay, 

When mortals had a naturall night, no day ; 

Then Satan that arch-theefe did range abroad. 

Seeking in hearts and houfes his aboad ; 

But fince that Chrifts bright Starre had fhewne his Light, 

Great Pan is dead, the Devill is put to flight. 

Farlie's Emblems. 




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_SHEW THE BEST SIDE TO LONDON. 



Schoon voor-doen is half verkocht. 




WELL SET-OFF IS HALF SOLD. 



HO would learn the art of wooing 
And enfure the moft fuccefs : 
Or acquire the art of doing 

Winning things with moft addrefs ; 
Need not learned volumes open, 
Writers old, in foreign fpeech, 
But may fee it plainly fpoken 
In the leflbn I now teach. 



<P^ WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE. *§>& 



WELL. DONE OUT LIVES DEATH. 

In your manner unpretentious, 

Yet, be diligent to mow, 
Without being too fententious, 

All the pleafing things you know. 

While you ftrive to pleafe and ferve all 

To attain the end in view, 
Well examine, and obferve all 

Without feeming fo to do. 
If in them you faults difcover, 

Shew not you thofe faults perceive ; 
But if difficult to fmother, 

That they're flight, let them believe. 
By this rule abide in all things, 

And you'll be efteemed the more, 
Nothing more fuccefs in life brings 

Than to hide your neighbour's fore. 

Or in wooing, or when married, 

Bear this maxim (till in mind : 
Seldom Wedded Life mifcarried 

Where both fides were fomewhat blind. 
Shew your brighter fide to all men, 

And fhew them that you fee theirs, 
Friends more readily you'll find then 

To advance your own affairs. 
Who moft tafte and judgment ufes 

To difplay his wares to view, 
Beft the Buyers eye feduces, 

And moft quickly fells them too. 



"C*T quacunque potes dote placere, place.— Ovid. 

Occule mendas, 

Quaque potes, vitium corporis abde tui. — Idem. 



WEEL IS THAT WEEL DOES. 





A GOOD BEGINNING 






Multa viros nescire decet. Pars maxima rerum 

Offendit, si non interiora tegas. 
Cui gravis oris odor, nunquam jejuna loquatur : 

Et semper spacio distet ab ore viri. 
Si niger, aut ingens, aut non sit inordine natus 

Deus tibi, ridendo maxima damna feres. — Ovid. 






Ante omnia tamen. 






DRIMA sit in nobis morum tutela, puelte : 
Ingenio fades conciliante placet. 






Brengt alles by, o frissche Jeught, 
Daer ghy uw lief door maken meugt. 




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Mettre en evidence et faire valoir les bonnes parties. 

Scipio and other great men of antient and later times excelled in this useful art ; 
one Avhich Ovid especially recommends to the attention of young persons as a 
fundamental rule of conduct. 


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bonnes parties et de dissimuler leurs imperfections ; imitant le bon Architecte, qui loge 
(comme ils disent) ses plus beaux materiaux au frontispice de son bastiment. 

Jean Marnix aux Rers. Polit. Res. 5. 
Aensien doet Vryen. 
Het oogh is leydtsman van de min, 
En vreught voor eerst de lusten in. 
Wat het ooge niet en siet, 
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Oculi sunt in amore duces. — Propert. 2. El. 12. 






Ce qui plaist 
Est a. demy faict. 






Was das aug nicht siht, 
Beschwehrt das hertz nit. 






'E/c tov dvopav yap yiverai av9p<!nroL<s ipai'. 






Id est, 






Ex intuendo nascitur hominibus amor. 
Ut vidi, ut perii ! — Virgil. 






MAKES A GOOD ENDING. 





POLICY GOES BEYOND STRENGTH. 



FT lengthe my Store of Light hath reach'd its ende, 
Nor have I wherewithal more light to lende; 
Greafe fpente, wick burned and fmoake all patted away, 
Of Light berefte, what bootes it here to ftay ? 
Yet while I am permitted to remaine, 
It is to fliewe that I may ferve againe : 
In patient Hope I therefore byde my time, 
Until in me freme Light the Fates do trimme ; 
And if the greafe and wick be equale goode 
To holde fuch Light, I reft of willinge moode. 
For while to ferve, the means to us is given ; 
Who willinge ferve, fhali have their faults forgiven. 




SMOOTH WORDS MAKE SMOOTH WAYS. 
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PERSEVERAN CE ACHIEVES SUCCESS. 



Geen Boom en valt ten eersten Slag. 




ONE STROKE FELLS NOT AN OAK. 



? H ! friend, why then To fad, I pray ? — 
Thy woeful mien and looks betray 
Some deep diftrefs, fome poignant grief, 
To which I fain would bring relief. 
Methinks fome crofs-grain'd, haughty maid 
Hath thine affeclion ill repaid, — 



FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. 





NINETEEN NAY-SAYS O' A MAIDEN 




Treated thy fuit with cold difdain, 




And bade thee from all hope refrain ? — 






Yes, yes ! Young man, I fee — I know 






'Tis that which thus dejects thee fo ; 






But never be like this cart down ! 






Full many other men have known 






A like repulfe, when firft they ftrove 






To win a wav'ring woman's love. 






Come, come ! aroufe thee from this mood ; 






It ill befits thee thus to brood, 




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Arm'd with an axe of trenchant fteel; 
I faw yon fturdy Woodman deal, 
In long repeat, ftroke after ftroke 
Againft this maflive heart of oak ; 
Till with the oft repeated blow 
He brought the foreft monarch low. 

Learn thou from this, young man, no lefs, 
How truthful from all time was held 

The pithy Maxim for Succefs : 

" At the firft ftroke no tree is fell'd." 


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HE WHO WOULD REST, MUST WORK. 

Would'ft thou, my friend, as Lover fo fucceed, 
Do thou the like, nor one repulfe bemoan, 

Succefs, of Perfeverance is the meed ; 

" The conftant drop will wear the harden 1 ftone.' 

Non uno ictu dejicitur quercus. 

Omnia conando docilis solertia vincit. 

Mix viel Streichen wird der Stockfisch lind. 

Veel slagen maken den Stock-vis murw. 

Tw 7t6v(dv ttwXovctl tjiiIv 7ravTa -rayaff ot Oeoi. — EPICT. 

Dn suas labore dotes esse venales volunt. 

Nul bien sans peine. 

Omnia diligentise subjiciuntur. 

Diligence passe Science. 
Par est fortuna labori. 

The wise and active conquer difficulties 
By daring to attempt them : sloth and folly 
Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, 
And make th' impossibility they fear. — Rowe. 



Perfeverance achieves Succefs. 

A/TANY are the sayings of the Wise, 

In ancient and in modern books enroll' d. 
Extolling Patience as the truest fortitude ; 
And to the bearing well of all calamities, 
All chances incident to Man's frail life, 
Consolatories writ 

With studied argument, and much persuasion fraught, 
Lenient of grief and anxious thought ; 
But with th' afflicted, in his pangs, their sound 
Little prevails, or rather seems a tune 
Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint ; 
Unless he feel within 
Some source of consolation from above, 
Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, 
And fainting spirits uphold.— Milton. 



FIRST DESERVE, AND THEN DESIRE. 




BEING ADMONISHED LET US FOLLOW BETTER THINGS 



